Deep sub-nanosecond reversal of vortex cores confined in a spin-wave potential well

作者：Dong Xinwei; Wang Zhenyu; Wang Ruifang^*

来源：Applied Physics Letters, 2014, 104(11): 112413.

DOI：10.1063/1.4868725

A spin-wave potential well is created in a permalloy nanodisk by setting up a cylindrical cavity in the center of the sample. We then apply a single-harmonic external magnetic field perpendicular to the disk plane to switch the vortex polarity of the sample. Our micromagnetic numerical studies establish that the effective spin-wave confinement by the potential well leads to much stronger magnetization oscillation in the sample. Therefore, the vortex core can be reversed well below 200 ps and over a wide range of field frequency. Our findings present an additional efficient means for ultrafast switching of magnetic vortices.

• 出版日期2014-3-17
• 单位厦门大学