Ratchet motion of magnetic skyrmions driven by surface acoustic sawtooth waves
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| author | Schwenke, Philipp Spindler, Ephraim Vasyuchka, Vitaliy I. Hamadeh, Alexandre Abbass Pirro, Philipp Weiler, Mathias |
| author_facet | Schwenke, Philipp Spindler, Ephraim Vasyuchka, Vitaliy I. Hamadeh, Alexandre Abbass Pirro, Philipp Weiler, Mathias |
| contents | The manipulation of skyrmions by surface acoustic waves (SAW) has garnered significant interest in the field of spintronic devices. Previous studies established that skyrmions can be generated and moved by strain pulses. In this study, we propose that sawtooth-SAWs can be used to drive a ratchet motion of magnetic skyrmions in the presence of pinning centers. This results in a net motion of the skyrmions orthogonal to the continuously applied SAW. The ratchet motion is fundamentally caused by non-vanishing pinning, so that a certain strain gradient magnitude is required to overcome pinning and start skyrmion motion. We demonstrate the feasibility of our concept by micromagnetic simulations and analytical model calculations. |
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| spellingShingle | Ratchet motion of magnetic skyrmions driven by surface acoustic sawtooth waves Schwenke, Philipp Spindler, Ephraim Vasyuchka, Vitaliy I. Hamadeh, Alexandre Abbass Pirro, Philipp Weiler, Mathias Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics The manipulation of skyrmions by surface acoustic waves (SAW) has garnered significant interest in the field of spintronic devices. Previous studies established that skyrmions can be generated and moved by strain pulses. In this study, we propose that sawtooth-SAWs can be used to drive a ratchet motion of magnetic skyrmions in the presence of pinning centers. This results in a net motion of the skyrmions orthogonal to the continuously applied SAW. The ratchet motion is fundamentally caused by non-vanishing pinning, so that a certain strain gradient magnitude is required to overcome pinning and start skyrmion motion. We demonstrate the feasibility of our concept by micromagnetic simulations and analytical model calculations. |
| title | Ratchet motion of magnetic skyrmions driven by surface acoustic sawtooth waves |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09506 |