title: Magnetic antivortex-core reversal by circular-rotational spin currents.
abstract: Topological singularities occur as antivortices in ferromagnetic thin-film microstructures. Antivortices behave as two-dimensional oscillators with a gyrotropic eigenmode which can be excited resonantly by spin currents and magnetic fields. We show that the two excitation types couple in an opposing sense of rotation in the case of resonant antivortex excitation with circular-rotational currents. If the sense of rotation of the current coincides with the intrinsic sense of gyration of the antivortex, the coupling to the Oersted fields is suppressed and only the spin-torque contribution locks into the gyrotropic eigenmode. We report on the experimental observation of purely spin-torque induced antivortex-core reversal. The dynamic response of an isolated antivortex is imaged by time-resolved scanning transmission x-ray microscopy on its genuine time and length scale.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Angewandte Physik und Zentrum für Mikrostrukturforschung, Universität Hamburg, 20355 Hamburg, Germany. tkamionk@physnet.uni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamionka
authors.forename: Michael
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authors.lastname: Martens
authors.forename: Kang Wei
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authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Michael
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authors.lastname: Curcic
authors.forename: André
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authors.lastname: Drews
authors.forename: Gisela
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authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.forename: Tolek
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authors.lastname: Tyliszczak
authors.forename: Hermann
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authors.lastname: Stoll
authors.forename: Bartel
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authors.lastname: Van Waeyenberge
authors.forename: Guido
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authors.lastname: Meier