Unidirectionally tilted domain walls in chiral biaxial stripes


Unidirectionally tilted domain walls in chiral biaxial stripes

Pylypovskyi, O.; Kravchuk, V. P.; Volkov, O.; Faßbender, J.; Sheka, D.; Makarov, D.

Abstract

The orientation of a chiral magnetic domain wall in a racetrack determines its dynamical properties. In equilibrium, magnetic domain walls are expected to be oriented perpendicular to the stripe axis. We demonstrate the appearance of a unidirectional domain wall tilt in an out-of-plane magnetized stripes with biaxial anisotropy (the firsrt easy axis is perpendicular to the plane and the second one is tilted with respect to the stripe axis) and interfacial Dzyaloshinskii--Moriya interaction (DMI). The tilt is a result of the interplay between the in-plane easy-axis anisotropy and DMI. We show that the additional anisotropy and DMI prefer different domain wall structure: anisotropy links the magnetization azimuthal angle inside the domain wall with the stripe main axis in contrast to DMI, which prefers the magnetization perpendicular to the domain wall plane. Their balance with the energy gain due to domain wall extension defines the equilibrium magnetization and domain wall tilt angles. We demonstrate that the Walker field and the corresponding Walker velocity of the domain wall can be enhanced in the system supporting tilted walls.

Keywords: magnetism; domain walls; Walker limit; Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

  • Lecture (Conference)
    DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (Conference is cancelled due to COVID-19), 15.-20.03.2020, Dresden, Germany

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