Phenomenology of current-induced skyrmion motion in antiferromagnets

We study current-driven skyrmion motion in uniaxial thin film antiferromagnets in the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions and in an external magnetic field. We phenomenologically include relaxation and current-induced torques due to both spin-orbit coupling and spatially inhomogeneous...

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Veröffentlicht in:New journal of physics 2016-07, Vol.18 (7), p.75016
Hauptverfasser: Velkov, H, Gomonay, O, Beens, M, Schwiete, G, Brataas, A, Sinova, J, Duine, R A
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Zusammenfassung:We study current-driven skyrmion motion in uniaxial thin film antiferromagnets in the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions and in an external magnetic field. We phenomenologically include relaxation and current-induced torques due to both spin-orbit coupling and spatially inhomogeneous magnetic textures in the equation for the Néel vector of the antiferromagnet. Using the collective coordinate approach we apply the theory to a two-dimensional antiferromagnetic skyrmion and estimate the skyrmion velocity under an applied DC electric current.
ISSN:1367-2630
1367-2630
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/075016