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Chin. Phys. B, 2016, Vol. 25(6): 067203    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/25/6/067203
CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES Prev   Next  

Control of Hall angle of Skyrmion driven by electric current

Gao-Bin Liu(刘高斌)1,2, Da Li(李达)1, de Chatel P F3, Jian Wang(王健)1,2, Wei Liu(刘伟)1, Zhi-Dong Zhang(张志东)1
1 Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China;
2 School of Science, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, China;
3 MTA-DE Particle Physics Research Group, H-4010 Debrecen P. O. Box 105, Hungary
Abstract  

Skyrmions are very promising for applications in spintronics and magnetic memory. It is desired to manipulate and operate a single skyrmion. Here we report on the thermal effect on the motion of current-driven magnetic Skyrmions in magnetic metal. The results show that the magnon current induced by the thermal gradient acts on Skyrmions via magnonic spin-transfer torque, an effect of the transverse and longitudinal Skyrmions drift velocities, thus leading to the effective manipulation of the Hall angle through the ratio of thermal gradient to electric current density, which can be used as a Skyrmion valve.

Keywords:  spin-transfer torque      Hall angle      magnon current      Skyrmion valve  
Received:  14 December 2015      Revised:  08 March 2016      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  72.25.-b (Spin polarized transport)  
  73.43.Cd (Theory and modeling)  
  75.70.Kw (Domain structure (including magnetic bubbles and vortices))  
  75.40.Gb (Dynamic properties?)  
Fund: 

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51331006) and the Fund from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KJZD-EW-M05).

Corresponding Authors:  Gao-Bin Liu     E-mail:  gbliu12b@imr.ac.cn

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Gao-Bin Liu(刘高斌), Da Li(李达), de Chatel P F, Jian Wang(王健), Wei Liu(刘伟), Zhi-Dong Zhang(张志东) Control of Hall angle of Skyrmion driven by electric current 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 067203

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