title: Spin-transfer-torque-assisted domain-wall creep in a Co/Pt multilayer wire.
abstract: We have studied field- and current-driven domain-wall (DW) creep motion in a perpendicularly magnetized Co/Pt multilayer wire by real-time Kerr microscopy. The application of a dc current of density of approximately < 10(7) A/cm2 assisted only the DW creeping under field in the same direction as the electron flow, a signature of spin-transfer torque effects. We develop a model dealing with both bidirectional spin-transfer effects and Joule heating, with the same dynamical exponent mu=1/4 for both field- and current-driven creep, and use it to quantify the spin-transfer efficiency as 3.6+/-0.6 Oe cm2/MA in our wires, confirming the significant nonadiabatic contribution to the spin torque.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: San Emeterio Alvarez
authors.forename: K-Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lepadatu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Landi
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bending
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Marrows