A spin wave driven skyrmion-based diode on a T-shaped nanotrack

Abstract

The propagation of spin waves is one of the promising ways to design nanoscale spintronic devices. The spin waves can interact with the magnetic skyrmion, a particle-like object that is topologically stabilized by Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) in thin film heterostructures. In this work, a spin wave-driven skyrmion-based diode is proposed by employing a T-shaped ferromagnetic nanotrack. The one-way motion of the skyrmion is achieved by exploiting the mid-arm at the center of the nanotrack. This prevents the reverse motion of the skyrmion owing to the skyrmion Hall effect (SkHE) and the absence of a repulsive force from the far edge in the mid-arm region. In order to facilitate the diode functionality of the spin wave-driven skyrmion, the amplitude and frequency of the excitation field should be considered in the ranges 0.07 T ≤ H₀ ≤ 0.4 T and 60 GHz ≤ f ≤ 80 GHz, respectively. The micromagnetic interaction energy between the edges and the spin wave-driven skyrmion creates a potential gradient that induces the force which is responsible for the longitudinal motion of the skyrmion. The suggested spin wave driven diode exhibits a processing speed on the order of 100 m s⁻¹ at 60 GHz frequency and 0.4 T amplitude. Hence, this device paves the way for the development of complete non-charge based magnetic devices for various spintronic applications.