Nonlinear and chaotic magnetization dynamics near bifurcations of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation

摘要

104421.1-104421.12%The behavior of a uniformly magnetized domain of ellipsoidal shape subject to a static external field and oscillatory external driving field is analyzed near bifurcation events. The analysis includes the effects of both linear and circularly polarized driving fields and is performed using numerical simulations of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation. Under a linearly polarized driving field, the LLG equation is a nonautonomous differential equation which can lead to complex magnetization motions, such as bistability, multiperiodic orbits, quasiperiodicity, and chaos. Under a circularly polarized driving field, the LLG equation can be written in autonomous form by transforming to the frame rotating with the driving field. The autonomous nature allows one to perform a fixed-point analysis of the system for select demagnetization factors. Similarities and differences between the driven systems are highlighted through bifurcation diagrams, phase portraits, basins of attraction, and Lyapunov exponents. Magnetization switching, prolonged transients, quasiperiodicity, and chaos are observed with both linearly and circularly polarized driving fields in the magnetic systems investigated.