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Temperature estimation in a ferromagnetic Fe-Ni nanowire involving a current-driven domain wall motion
A Yamaguchi1, A Hirohata, T Ono
1Department of Physics, Keio University, Hiyoshi, Yokohama, Japan. aki-yamaguchi@aist.go.jp
Abstract:
We observed a magnetic domain wall (DW) motion induced by the spin-polarized pulsed current in a nanoscale Fe(19)Ni(81) wire using a magnetic force microscope. High current density, which is of the order of 10(11) A m(-2), was required for the DW motion. A simple method to estimate the temperature of the wire was developed by comparing the wire resistance measured during the DW motion with the temperature dependence of the wire resistance. Using this method, we found the temperature of the wire was proportional to the square of the current density and became just beneath at the threshold Curie temperature. Our experimental data qualitatively support this analytical model that the temperature is proportional to the resistivity, thickness, width of the wire and the square of the current density, and also inversely proportional to the thermal conductivity.
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