Domain-wall-assisted giant magnetoimpedance of thin-wall ferromagnetic nanotubes

TL;DR

This study uses micromagnetic simulations to analyze the giant magnetoimpedance effect in thin-wall ferromagnetic nanotubes, revealing high sensitivity and tunability of the effect driven by domain wall oscillations in low magnetic fields.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed simulation analysis of domain-wall-assisted giant magnetoimpedance in ferromagnetic nanotubes, highlighting mechanisms for high sensitivity and tunability in low-field regimes.

Findings

Low-field MI exceeds 100% in Co nanotubes.

High sensitivity region spans tens of kA/m.

Resonant domain wall motion interacts with nanotube ends.

Abstract

We study the effciency of the magnetoimpedance (MI) of thin-wall circumferentially ordered nanotubes in sub-GHz and GHz frequency regimes using micromagnetic simulations. We consider empty ferromagnetic tubes as well as tubes filled with non-magnetic conductors of circular cross-section (nanowire coverings) focusing on the low-field regime of MI (below the characteristic field of the low-frequency ferromagnetic resonance). In this field area, the effcient mechanism of MI is related to oscillations of the positions of (perpendicular to the tube axis) domain walls (DWs). Two mechanisms of driving the DW motion by the ac current are taken into account; the driving via the Oersted field and via the spintransfer torque. The simulations are performed for Co nanotubes of the diameter of 300nm. Achievable low-field MI exceeds 100%, while the field region of a high sensitivity of that DW-based giant MI is of the width of tens of kA/m. The later is widely adjustable with changing the density of the driving ac current, its frequency, and the nanotube length. Of particular interest is the resonant motion of DW due to the interaction with the nanotube ends the conditions of whom are discussed.