Spatially Nonuniform Oscillations in Ferrimagnets Based on an Atomistic Model

TL;DR

This paper develops a two-dimensional atomistic model to study spatially nonuniform oscillations in ferrimagnets, revealing complex dynamics and the importance of spatial magnetic distributions for understanding ultrafast magnetic phenomena.

Contribution

It introduces a novel atomistic modeling approach and torque analysis method to explore spatial magnetic dynamics in ferrimagnets, surpassing the limitations of macrospin models.

Findings

Oscillations occur in exchange and flipped exchange modes under spin-transfer torque.

The exchange mode disappears and reappears near the magnetization compensation point.

Spatial nonuniform oscillations are observed in small square films.

Abstract

The ferrimagnets, such as GdxFeCo(1-x), can produce ultrafast magnetic switching and oscillation due to the strong exchange field. The two-sublattices macrospin model has been widely used to explain the experimental results. However, it fails in describing the spatial nonuniform magnetic dynamics which gives rises to many important phenomenons such as the domain walls and skyrmions. Here we develop the two-dimensional atomistic model and provide a torque analysis method to study the ferrimagnetic oscillation. Under the spin-transfer torque, the magnetization oscillates in the exchange mode or the flipped exchange mode. When the Gd composition is increased, the exchange mode firstly disappears, and then appears again as the magnetization compensation point is reached. We show that these results can only be explained by analyzing the spatial distribution of magnetization and effective fields. In particular, when the sample is small, a spatial nonuniform oscillation is also observed in the square film. Our work reveals the importance of spatial magnetic distributions in understanding the ferrimagnetic dynamics. The method developed in this paper provides an important tool to gain a deeper understanding of ferrimagnets and antiferromagnets. The observed ultrafast dynamics can also stimulate the development of THz oscillators.