The design and verification of MuMax3

AIP Advances - Tập 4 Số 10 - 2014
Arne Vansteenkiste1, Jonathan Leliaert1, Mykola Dvornik1, M. Helsen1, Felipe García‐Sánchez2,3, Bartel Van Waeyenberge1
1DyNaMat LAB, Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University 1 , Belgium
2Institut d’Electronique Fondamentale Univ. Paris-Sud 2 , 91405 Orsay, France
3UMR 8622, CNRS 3 , 91405 Orsay, France

Tóm tắt

We report on the design, verification and performance of MuMax3, an open-source GPU-accelerated micromagnetic simulation program. This software solves the time- and space dependent magnetization evolution in nano- to micro scale magnets using a finite-difference discretization. Its high performance and low memory requirements allow for large-scale simulations to be performed in limited time and on inexpensive hardware. We verified each part of the software by comparing results to analytical values where available and to micromagnetic standard problems. MuMax3 also offers specific extensions like MFM image generation, moving simulation window, edge charge removal and material grains.

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