Dynamics of Current Induced Magnetic Superstructures in Exchange-Spring Devices

TL;DR

This paper investigates thermoelectric effects in exchange-spring magnetic devices, revealing that Joule heating can induce dynamic magneto-thermal-electric domains capable of oscillatory behavior under certain circuit conditions.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of magneto-thermal-electric domains in exchange-spring devices and demonstrates their oscillatory dynamics driven by thermoelectric effects and circuit parameters.

Findings

Magneto-thermal-electric domains can oscillate in time under specific circuit conditions.

Oscillation frequencies range from 10^5 to 10^7 s^{-1} for high current densities.

Oscillations can arise via soft or hard instability scenarios.

Abstract

Thermoelectric manipulation of the magnetization of a magnetic layered stack in which a low-Curie temperature magnet is sandwiched between two strong magnets (exchange spring device) is considered. Controllable Joule heating produced by a current flowing in the plane of the magnetic stack (CIP configuration) induces a spatial magnetic and thermal structure along the current flow --- a magneto-thermal-electric domain (soliton). We show that such a structure can experience oscillatory in time dynamics if the magnetic stack is incorporated into an electric circuit in series with an inductor. The excitation of these magneto-thermionic oscillations follow the scenario either of "soft" of "hard" instability: in the latter case oscillations arise if the initial perturbation is large enough. The frequency of the temporal oscillations is of the order of $10^5 \div 10^7 s^{-1}$ for current densities $j\sim 10^6 \div 10^7 A/cm^3$.