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Domain wall spin torquemeter.

Authors :
Miron IM
Zermatten PJ
Gaudin G
Auffret S
Rodmacq B
Schuhl A
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2009 Apr 03; Vol. 102 (13), pp. 137202. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Mar 30.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

We report the direct measurement of the nonadiabatic component of the spin torque in domain walls. Our method is independent of both the pinning of the domain wall in the wire as well as of the Gilbert damping parameter. We demonstrate that the ratio between the nonadiabatic and the adiabatic components can be as high as 1, and explain this high value by the importance of the spin-flip rate to the nonadiabatic torque. In addition to their fundamental significance these results open the way for applications by demonstrating a significant increase of the spin torque efficiency.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0031-9007
Volume :
102
Issue :
13
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
19392398
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.137202