Table 1 Summary of the physical parameters used in the micromagnetic simulations

From: A strategy for the design of skyrmion racetrack memories

Parameters

Scenario A

Scenario B

Scenario C

Scenario D

Skyrmion type

Néel

Néel

Bloch

Bloch

Motion Source

STT

SHE

STT

SHE

Ferromagnetic Material

CoFeB

CoFeB

MnSi

MnSi

Heavy Metal38,40,41

W

W

-

W

Saturation magnetization Ms (103 A/m)49

1000

1000

152

152

Exchange constant A (10−12 J/m)16,17

20

20

0.32

0.32

Perpendicular anisotropy constant Ku (106 J/m3)38,49

0.8§

0.8§

-

-

Gilbert damping αG17,49

0.015

0.015

0.04

0.04

Non-adiabatic parameter β

0.015

-

0.04

-

DMI parameter D (10−3 J/m2)16,17,21,41,50

4

4/1.8#

0.115

0.115

Polarization coefficient P51

0.4

0

0.4

0

Spin-Hall angle θSH38,52

0

−0.33

0

−0.33

Magnetic field Hext (mT)

250

250/0#

250

250

Temperature T (K)

Room

Room

<30

<30

Exchange length lex (nm)

5.6

5.6

4.7

4.7

DMI length lD (nm)

10

10

5.56

5.56

  1. #In the case of Scenario B, we have used a different value of DMI parameter for the two different external fields to maintain the skyrmion size constant. §The perpendicular anisotropy is achieved via the electrostatic interaction between the Fe atoms of the CoFeB with the O atoms of the oxide MgO on top. The relation αG = β has been used as a good compromise among the possible β values.