Faster vortex core switching with lower current density using three-nanocontact spin-polarized currents in a confined structure

Weperformmicromagneticsimulationsontheswitchingofmagneticvortexcorebyusingspin-polarizedcurrentsthroughathree-nanocontactgeometry.Oursimulationresultsshowthatthecurrentcombinationwithanappropriatecurrentflowdirectiondestroysthesymmetryofthetotaleffectiveenergyofthesystemsothatthevortexcorecanbeeasiertoexcite,resultinginlesscriticalcurrentdensityandafasterswitchingprocess.Besidesitsfundamentalsignificance,ourfindingsprovideanadditionalroutetoincorporatingmagneticvortexphenomenaintodatastoragedevices.