Title
Velocity asymmetry of Dzyaloshinskii domain walls in the creep and flow regimes
Date Issued
19 August 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Vaňatka M.
Vogel J.
Bonfim M.
Belmeguenai M.
Roussigné Y.
Stashkevich A.
Thiaville A.
Pizzini S.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
We have carried out measurements of domain wall dynamics in a Pt/Co/GdOx(t) wedge sample with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. When driven by an easy-axis field H<inf>z</inf> in the presence of an in-plane field H<inf>x</inf>, the domain wall propagation is different along x, as expected for samples presenting Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DMI) interaction. In the creep regime, the sign and the value of the domain wall velocity asymmetry changes along the wedge. We show that in our samples the domain wall speed versus H<inf>x</inf> curves in the creep regime cannot be explained simply in terms of the variation of the domain wall energy with H<inf>x</inf>, as suggested by previous works. For this reason the strength and the sign of the DMI cannot be extracted from these measurements. To obtain reliable information on the DMI strength using magnetic field-induced domain wall dynamics, measurements have been performed with high fields, bringing the DW close to the flow regime of propagation. In this case we find large values of the DMI, consistent in magnitude and sign with those obtained from Brillouin light scattering measurements.
Volume
27
Issue
32
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica
Física atómica, molecular y química
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84938149416
Source
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
ISSN of the container
09538984
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