Mikheev, E.Stolichnov, I.De Ranieri, E.Wunderlich, J.Trodahl, H. J.Rushforth, A. W.Riester, S. W. E.Campion, R. P.Edmonds, K. W.Gallagher, B. L.Setter, N.2013-03-282013-03-282013-03-28201210.1103/PhysRevB.86.235130https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/91111WOS:000312495500003Control of magnetic domain walls (DWs) and their propagation is among the most promising development directions for future information-storage devices. The well-established tools for such manipulation are the spin-torque transfer from electrical currents and strain. The focus of this paper is an alternative concept based on the nonvolatile ferroelectric field effect on DWs in a ferromagnet with carrier-mediated exchange coupling. The integrated ferromagnet/ferroelectric structure yields two superimposed ferroic patterns strongly coupled by an electric field. Using this coupling, we demonstrate an easy-to-form, stable, nondestructive, and electrically rewritable switch on magnetic domain wall propagation. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.235130text::journal::journal article::research article