Magnetic interactions in vortex-state nanodisk arrays characterized by gradient magnetic vortex echo

Abstract

Magnetic vortices have potential applications in the field of spintronics and medicine and studying their magnetic interactions is crucial for future applications. This work introduces a new method based on obtaining the gradient magnetic vortex echo (GMVE) using micromagnetic simulations following a magnetic resonance imaging protocol. The results show that it is possible to characterize the magnetic interaction of arrays of nanodisks, having equal diameter and vortex configuration, as a function of disk separation. This characterization was performed by creating an inhomogeneity in the system through the application of a magnetic field gradient perpendicular to the plane of the nanodisk array. The inhomogeneity allows refocusing the magnetization in a time-controlled way by inverting the sign of the gradient and obtaining the characteristic transverse relaxation time T2∗ from the GMVE that contains the information on the magnetic interaction.