Voltage-gated modulation of domain wall creep dynamics in an ultrathin metallic ferromagnet
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Bauer, Uwe
Emori, Satoru
Beach, Geoffrey Stephen
Date Issued
October 2012
Journal
Applied Physics Letters
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American Institute of Physics
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Bauer, Uwe, Satoru Emori, and Geoffrey S. D. Beach. Voltage-gated Modulation of Domain Wall Creep Dynamics in an Ultrathin Metallic Ferromagnet. Applied Physics Letters 101, no. 17 (2012): 172403. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.
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Abstract
The influence of gate voltage, temperature, and magnetic field on domain wall (DW) creep dynamics is investigated in Pt/Co/gadolinium oxide (GdOx) films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and imaged by a scanning magneto-optical Kerr effect technique. The DW creep velocity can be controlled by an electric field applied to the Co/GdOx interface via a linear modulation of the activation energy barrier with gate voltage. At low speeds, the DW velocity can be changed significantly by a gate voltage, but the effect is diminished as the DW velocity increases, which limits electric field control of fast DW motion.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4764071
