Fig. 5: Cubic anisotropy and domains projected to the laboratory reference system. | Nature Communications

Fig. 5: Cubic anisotropy and domains projected to the laboratory reference system.

From: Observation of current-induced switching in non-collinear antiferromagnetic IrMn3 by differential voltage measurements

Fig. 5

a Cubic anisotropy energy density (with numbered red colors indicating more stable directions). The coordinate system refers to the crystallographic directions. b–g Snapshots of the first sublattice magnetization depicting the six possible domain walls in the laboratory reference system x (horizontal arm in the real device), y (vertical arm in the real device), and z (out-of-plane direction). The snapshots correspond to the out-of-plane direction (+z) and an in-plane view (−y), as indicated by the arrows. h Multidomain state in a 500 nm diameter pillar relaxed from an initial random state. i The multidomain state after the application of a current pulse along the horizontal arm with an amplitude of 50 MA/cm2 and width of 0.15 ns. j Multidomain state after the application of a current pulse with the same characteristics but opposite polarization.

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