Imperial College London

ProfessorWillBranford

Faculty of Natural SciencesDepartment of Physics

Professor of Solid State Physics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6674w.branford Website

 
 
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Location

 

912Blackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Carter-Gartside:2016:10.1038/srep32864,
author = {Carter-Gartside, J and Burn, DM and Cohen, LF and Branford, WR},
doi = {10.1038/srep32864},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
title = {A Novel Method for the Injection and Manipulation of Magnetic Charge States in Nanostructures},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep32864},
volume = {6},
year = {2016}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Realising the promise of next-generation magnetic nanotechnologies is contingent on the development of novel methods for controlling magnetic states at the nanoscale. There is currently demand for simple and flexible techniques to access exotic magnetisation states without convoluted fabrication and application processes. 360° domain walls (metastable twists in magnetisation separating two domains with parallel magnetisation) are one such state, which is currently of great interest in data storage and magnonics. Here, we demonstrate a straightforward and powerful process whereby a moving magnetic charge, provided experimentally by a magnetic force microscope tip, can write and manipulate magnetic charge states in ferromagnetic nanowires. The method is applicable to a wide range of nanowire architectures with considerable benefits over existing techniques. We confirm the method’s efficacy via the injection and spatial manipulation of 360° domain walls in Py and Co nanowires. Experimental results are supported by micromagnetic simulations of the tip-nanowire interaction.
AU - Carter-Gartside,J
AU - Burn,DM
AU - Cohen,LF
AU - Branford,WR
DO - 10.1038/srep32864
PY - 2016///
SN - 2045-2322
TI - A Novel Method for the Injection and Manipulation of Magnetic Charge States in Nanostructures
T2 - Scientific Reports
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep32864
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/39035
VL - 6
ER -