@article{33337,
  keywords = {Electric fields, Multiferroics, Magnetic anisotropy, Energy utilization, Textures, Thin film devices, Vortex flow, Electric-field control, Low energy consumption, Magnetoelastic energy, Magnetoelectric thin films, Phase-field simulation, Pulsed electric field, Reverse circulation, Spin polarized currents, Electric variables measurement},
  author = {Y Zhang and C W Wang and H Huang and J Lu and R Liang and J F Liu and R Peng and Q Zhang and Q Zhang and J Wang and L Gu and X.-F Han and L.-Q Chen and Ramamoorthy Ramesh and C.-W Nan and J Zhang},
  title = {Deterministic reversal of single magnetic vortex circulation by an electric field},
  abstract = {The ability to control magnetic vortex is critical for their potential applications in spintronic devices. Traditional methods including magnetic field, spin-polarized current etc. have been used to flip the core and/or reverse circulation of vortex. However, it is challenging for deterministic electric-field control of the single magnetic vortex textures with time-reversal broken symmetry and no planar magnetic anisotropy. Here it is reported that a deterministic reversal of single magnetic vortex circulation can be driven back and forth by a space-varying strain in multiferroic heterostructures, which is controlled by using a bi-axial pulsed electric field. Phase-field simulation reveals the mechanism of the emerging magnetoelastic energy with the space variation and visualizes the reversal pathway of the vortex. This deterministic electric-field control of the single magnetic vortex textures demonstrates a new approach to integrate the low-dimensional spin texture into the magnetoelectric thin film devices with low energy consumption. © 2020 Science China Press},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Science Bulletin},
  publisher = {Elsevier B.V.},
  issn = {20959273},
  doi = {10.1016/j.scib.2020.04.008},
  note = {cited By 0},
  language = {eng},
}