mumax+: extensible GPU-accelerated micromagnetics and beyond

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Authors: Lars Moreels, Ian Lateur, Diego De Gusem, Jeroen Mulkers, J. Maes, Milorad V. Milosevic, Jonathan Leliaert, Bartel Van Waeyenberge
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Abstract

We present mumax+, an extensible GPU-accelerated micromagnetic simulator with a Python user interface, to address the challenges posed by current magnetism research into systems with complex magnetic ordering and interfaces. It is a general solver for the space- and time-dependent evolution of the magnetization and related vector quantities, using finite difference discretization. Here, we present its design and application and discuss features not available in mumax3, such as the modeling of antiferromagnets with magnetoelastic coupling. As an illustration of its capabilities, we use mumax+ to simulate state-of-the-art magnetic systems. Specifically, we demonstrate the current-induced domain wall motion in a polycrystalline antiferromagnet, we simulate the working principle of a strain-driven antiferromagnetic racetrack memory and we reproduce experimentally observed domain structures in a non-collinear antiferromagnet.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Magnetic properties of thin films Multiferroics and related materials Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials

Publication details

Journal / source
npj Computational Materials
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
12
Issue
1
Publication date
5 February 2026
Language
EN