Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2009-10-20
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
8 pages, 7 figures. To appear in Chaos
Scientific paper
We study the bifurcation and chaos scenario of the macro-magnetization vector in a homogeneous nanoscale-ferromagnetic thin film of the type used in spin-valve pillars. The underlying dynamics is described by a generalized Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation. The LLG equation has an especially appealing form under a complex stereographic projection, wherein the qualitative equivalence of an applied field and a spin-current induced torque is transparent. Recently chaotic behavior of such a spin vector has been identified by Zhang and Li using a spin polarized current passing through the pillar of constant polarization direction and periodically varying magnitude, owing to the spin-transfer torque effect. In this paper we show that the same dynamical behavior can be achieved using a periodically varying applied magnetic field, in the presence of a constant DC magnetic field and constant spin current, which is technically much more feasible, and demonstrate numerically the chaotic dynamics in the system for an infinitely thin film. Further, it is noted that in the presence of a nonzero crystal anisotropy field chaotic dynamics occurs at much lower magnitudes of the spin-current and DC applied field.
Lakshmanan Meenakshi
Murugesh S.
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