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Auteurs principaux: Kuchkin, Vladyslav M., Arnalds, Unnar B., Jónsson, Hannes, Bessarab, Pavel F.
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Publié: 2025
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04237
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author Kuchkin, Vladyslav M.
Arnalds, Unnar B.
Jónsson, Hannes
Bessarab, Pavel F.
author_facet Kuchkin, Vladyslav M.
Arnalds, Unnar B.
Jónsson, Hannes
Bessarab, Pavel F.
contents The switching mechanisms in artificial spin ice systems are investigated with focus on shakti and modified shakti lattices. Minimum energy paths are calculated using the geodesic nudged elastic band (GNEB) method implemented with a micromagnetic description of the system, including the internal magnetic structure of the islands and edge modulations. Two switching mechanisms, uniform magnetization rotation and domain wall formation, are found to have comparable activation energy. The preference for one over the other depends strongly on the saturation magnetization and the magnetic ordering of neighboring islands. Surprisingly, these mechanisms can coexist, leading to an enhanced probability of magnetization reversal. These results provide valuable insight that can help control internal magnetization switching processes in spin ice systems and help predict their thermodynamic properties.
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spellingShingle Co-existing magnetization reversal mechanisms in shakti spin ice systems
Kuchkin, Vladyslav M.
Arnalds, Unnar B.
Jónsson, Hannes
Bessarab, Pavel F.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
The switching mechanisms in artificial spin ice systems are investigated with focus on shakti and modified shakti lattices. Minimum energy paths are calculated using the geodesic nudged elastic band (GNEB) method implemented with a micromagnetic description of the system, including the internal magnetic structure of the islands and edge modulations. Two switching mechanisms, uniform magnetization rotation and domain wall formation, are found to have comparable activation energy. The preference for one over the other depends strongly on the saturation magnetization and the magnetic ordering of neighboring islands. Surprisingly, these mechanisms can coexist, leading to an enhanced probability of magnetization reversal. These results provide valuable insight that can help control internal magnetization switching processes in spin ice systems and help predict their thermodynamic properties.
title Co-existing magnetization reversal mechanisms in shakti spin ice systems
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04237