An accurate and robust numerical method for micromagnetics simulations

• Published in: Current applied physics Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 476 - 483
• Main Authors: Jeong, Darae, Kim, Junseok
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.03.2014; 한국물리학회
• Subjects: Accuracy; Crank–Nicolson scheme; Ferromagnetic materials; Finite difference method; Landau–Lifshitz equation; Magnetization; Mathematical analysis; Micromagnetics simulations; Multigrid method; Multigrid methods; Nonlinearity; Numerical analysis; Three dimensional; 물리학; Micromagnetics simulations; Multigrid method; Landau–Lifshitz equation; Crank–Nicolson scheme; Finite difference method
• ISSN: 1567-1739; 1878-1675; 1567-1739
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2013.12.028

We propose a new robust, accurate, and fast numerical method for solving the Landau–Lifshitz equation which describes the relaxation process of the magnetization distribution in ferromagnetic material. The proposed numerical method is second-order accurate in both space and time. The approach uses the nonlinear multigrid method for handling the nonlinearities at each time step. We perform numerical experiments to show the efficiency and accuracy of the new algorithm on two- and three-dimensional space. The numerical results show excellent agreements with exact analytical solutions, the second-order accuracy in both space and time, and the energy conservation or dissipation property. •We propose an accurate and fast numerical method for the Landau–Lifshitz equation.•We present 3D numerical experiments to show the performance of the algorithm.•We apply an efficient numerical quadrature for the magnetostatic field calculation.