Prediction of topological Hall effect in a driven magnetic domain wall

Abstract

We investigate the possible emergence of topological Hall effect (THE) in a driven magnetic domain wall (DW). Numerical simulations based on the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert-Slonczewski equation shows that the emergent magnetic flux appears when the DW is in a non-equilibrium state. The magnitude of magnetic flux is modulated by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), providing an experimental test of the predicted THE by a voltage controlled DMI modulation. These results indicate that the THE can be observed even in a topologically trivial magnetic DW, and therefore open up new possibility to electrically detect the dynamical spin structure. (C) 2019 The Japan Society of Applied Physics