Dynamic binding of driven interfaces in coupled ultrathin ferromagnetic layers.
We demonstrate experimentally dynamic interface binding in a system consisting of two coupled ferromagnetic layers. While domain walls in each layer have different velocity-field responses, for two broad ranges of the driving field H, walls in the two layers are bound and move at a common velocity. The bound states have their own velocity-field response and arise when the isolated wall velocities in each layer are close, a condition which always occurs as H→0. Several features of the bound states are reproduced using a one-dimensional model, illustrating their general nature.
Metaxas
P J
PJ
School of Physics, M013, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia. metaxas@physics.uwa.edu.au
Stamps
R L
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Jamet
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Ferré
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Baltz
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Rodmacq
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Politi
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