Eur. Phys. J. B (2015) 88: 74
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2015-50535-6

Regular Article

Current induced vortex wall dynamics in helical magnetic systems

¹ Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 46202 Indiana, USA
² Department of Physics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran, Iran

^a e-mail: bmn7891@gmail.com

Received: 8 August 2014
Received in final form: 14 January 2015
Published online: 23 March 2015

Abstract

Nontrivial topology of interfaces separating phases with opposite chirality in helical magnetic metals result in new effects as they interact with spin polarized current. These interfaces or vortex walls consist of a one dimensional array of vortex lines. We predict that adiabatic transfer of angular momentum between vortex array and spin polarized current will result in topological Hall effect in multi-domain samples. Also we predict that the motion of the vortex array will result in a new damping mechanism for magnetic moments based on Lenz’s law. We study the dynamics of these walls interacting with electric current and use fundamental electromagnetic laws to quantify those predictions. On the other hand discrete nature of vortex walls affects their pinning and results in low depinning current density. We predict the value of this current using collective pinning theory.