Transition state dynamics of a driven magnetic free layer
arXiv:2109.12605 · doi:10.1016/j.cnsns.2021.106054
Abstract
Magnetization switching in ferromagnetic structures is an important process for technical applications such as data storage in spintronics, and therefore the determination of the corresponding switching rates becomes essential. We investigate a free-layer system in an oscillating external magnetic field resulting in an additional torque on the spin. The magnetization dynamics including inertial damping can be described by the phenomenological Gilbert equation. The magnetization switching between the two stable orientations on the sphere then requires the crossing of a potential region characterized by a moving rank-1 saddle. We adopt and apply recent extensions of transition state theory for driven systems to compute both the time-dependent and average switching rates of the activated spin system in the saddle region.
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