Current-induced vortex-vortex switching in a nanopillar comprising two Co nano-rings

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2007-01-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701618v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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We fabricated a current-perpendicular-to-plane pseudo-spin-valve nanopillar comprising a thick and a thin Co rings with deep submicron lateral sizes. The dc current can effectively induce the flux-closure vortex states in the rings with desired chiralities. Abrupt transitions between the vortex states are also realized by the dc current and detected with the giant magnetoresistance effect. Both Oersted field and spin-transfer torque are found important to the magnetic transitions, but the former is dominant. They can be designed to cooperate with each other in the vortex-to-vortex transitions by carefully setting the chirality of the vortex state in the thick Co ring.

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