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The ultimate speed of magnetic switching in granular recording media

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  • I. Tudosa

    (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory)

  • C. Stamm

    (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory)

  • A. B. Kashuba

    (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics)

  • F. King

    (Stanford University)

  • H. C. Siegmann

    (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory)

  • J. Stöhr

    (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory)

  • G. Ju

    (Seagate Technology LLC)

  • B. Lu

    (Seagate Technology LLC)

  • D. Weller

    (Seagate Technology LLC)

Abstract

In magnetic memory devices, logical bits are recorded by selectively setting the magnetization vector of individual magnetic domains either ‘up’ or ‘down’. In such devices, the fastest and most efficient recording method involves precessional switching1,2,3,4: when a magnetic field Bp is applied as a write pulse over a period τ, the magnetization vector precesses about the field until Bpτ reaches the threshold value at which switching occurs. Increasing the amplitude of the write pulse Bp might therefore substantially shorten the required switching time τ and allow for faster magnetic recording. Here we use very short pulses of a very high magnetic field5 to show that under these extreme conditions, precessional switching in magnetic media supporting high bit densities no longer takes place at well-defined field strengths; instead, switching occurs randomly within a wide range of magnetic fields. We attribute this behaviour to a momentary collapse of the ferromagnetic order of the spins under the load of the short and high-field pulse, thus establishing an ultimate limit to the speed of deterministic switching and magnetic recording.

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  • I. Tudosa & C. Stamm & A. B. Kashuba & F. King & H. C. Siegmann & J. Stöhr & G. Ju & B. Lu & D. Weller, 2004. "The ultimate speed of magnetic switching in granular recording media," Nature, Nature, vol. 428(6985), pages 831-833, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:428:y:2004:i:6985:d:10.1038_nature02438
    DOI: 10.1038/nature02438
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    1. M. Gidding & T. Janssen & C. S. Davies & A. Kirilyuk, 2023. "Dynamic self-organisation and pattern formation by magnon-polarons," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-6, December.
    2. Quentin Remy & Julius Hohlfeld & Maxime Vergès & Yann Le Guen & Jon Gorchon & Grégory Malinowski & Stéphane Mangin & Michel Hehn, 2023. "Accelerating ultrafast magnetization reversal by non-local spin transfer," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Murugesh, S. & Lakshmanan, M., 2009. "Spin-transfer torque induced reversal in magnetic domains," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 41(5), pages 2773-2781.

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