Nanomagnetic engineering of the properties of domain wall atom traps

TL;DR

This paper investigates how nanowire geometry and domain wall structure influence the properties of magnetic atom traps, revealing tunable trap parameters through micromagnetic simulations.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the effects of nanowire design and domain wall magnetization on trap characteristics, enabling independent control of trap depth.

Findings

Trap frequency and adiabaticity depend on nanowire geometry and wall structure.

Trap depth can be tuned independently using an external rotating magnetic field.

Micromagnetic simulations elucidate the relationship between nanowire parameters and trap performance.

Abstract

We have used the results of micromagnetic simulations to investigate the effects of nanowire geometry and domain wall magnetization structure on the characteristic parameters of magnetic atom traps formed by domain walls in planar ferromagnetic nanowires. It is found that when traps are formed in the near-field of a domain wall both nanowire geometry and wall structure have a substantial effect on trap frequency and adiabaticity. We also show that in certain regimes a trap's depth depends only on the amplitude of an externally applied rotating magnetic field, thus allowing it to be tuned independently of the trap's other critical parameters.