Discontinuous Resistance Change and Domain Wall Scattering in Patterned NiFe Wires With a Nanoconstriction

S. Lepadatu, Y.B. Xu
2004 IEEE transactions on magnetics  
A nonlinear current-voltage ( -) characteristic was observed in patterned NiFe wires with a central "bow-tie" point contact constriction. By passing a dc current through the wire, a sharp resistance drop was obtained for current densities in the range of 1.1-1.4 10 7 A/cm 2 . This is attributed to current-induced domain wall drag, resulting in displacement of a domain wall away from the constriction. A maximum current-induced resistance change of 0.079% was obtained for a 100-nm constriction,
more » ... ich is comparable with the magnetoresistance due to domain wall scattering in NiFe. Index Terms-Domain wall movement, domain wall scattering, magnetoresistance, nanoconstriction.
doi:10.1109/tmag.2004.832369 fatcat:io32dc4bc5fvlhiy4trcrylsta