Antiferromagnetic Bloch Line Driven by Spin Current as Room-Temperature Analogue of a Fluxon in a Long Josephson Junction

R.V. Ovcharov; B.A. Ivanov; J. Åkerman; R.S. Khymyn

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.20.034060

← Back to search

Antiferromagnetic Bloch Line Driven by Spin Current as Room-Temperature Analogue of a Fluxon in a Long Josephson Junction

R.V. Ovcharov, B.A. Ivanov, J. Åkerman, R.S. Khymyn

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.20.034060 · Physical Review Applied

T1

Active bibliographic source — not scientific approval

Bibliographic access preserves source history; it does not approve extracted materials or validate reported claims. Review warnings on each occurrence separately.

Abstract

Antiferromagnets (AFMs) are promising materials for future high-frequency field-free spintronic applications. Self-localized spin structures can enhance their capabilities and introduce alternative functionalities to AFM-based devices. Here we consider a domain wall (DW), a topological soliton that bridges a connection between two ground states, similar to a Josephson junction link between two superconductors. We demonstrate the similarities between DWs in biaxial AFM with easy-axis primary anisotropy, driven by a spin current, and long Josephson junctions (LJJs). We found that the Bloch line (BL) in DWs resembles the fluxon state of Josephson junctions, creating a close analogy between the two systems. We propose a scheme that allows us to create, move, read, and delete such BLs. This transmission line operates at room temperature and can be dynamically reconfigured in contrast to superconductors. Results of a developed model were confirmed by micromagnetic simulations for Cr2O3 and DyFeO3, i.e., correspondingly with weak and strong in-plane anisotropy. Overall, the proposed scheme has significant potential for use in magnetic memory and logic devices.