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Yurii P Ivanov1,2,3, Andrey Chuvilin4,5, Sergei Lopatin1
1King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
The current-induced dynamics of 3D magnetic vortex domain walls in cylindrical Co/Ni nanowires are revealed experimentally using Lorentz microscopy and theoretically using micromagnetic simulations. We demonstrate that a spin-polarized electric current can control the reversible motion of 3D vortex domain walls, which travel with a velocity of a few hundred meters per second. This finding is a key step in establishing fast, high-density memory devices based on vertical arrays of cylindrical magnetic nanowires.
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