Current-Driven Domain Wall Dynamics in Ferrimagnetic Nickel-Doped Mn4N Films: Very Large Domain Wall Velocities and Reversal of Motion Direction across the Magnetic Compensation Point.
Nano Lett
; 21(6): 2580-2587, 2021 Mar 24.
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Spin-transfer torque (STT) and spin-orbit torque (SOT) are spintronic phenomena allowing magnetization manipulation using electrical currents. Beyond their fundamental interest, they allow developing new classes of magnetic memories and logic devices, in particular based on domain wall (DW) motion. In this work, we report the study of STT-driven DW motion in ferrimagnetic manganese nickel nitride (Mn4-xNixN) films, in which magnetization and angular momentum compensation can be obtained by the fine adjustment of the Ni content. Large domain wall velocities, approaching 3000 m/s, are measured for Ni compositions close to the angular momentum compensation point. The reversal of the DW motion direction, observed when the compensation composition is crossed, is related to the change of direction of the angular momentum with respect to that of the spin polarization. This is confirmed by the results of ab initio band structure calculations.
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