Bifurcation structure and chaos in dynamics of nanomagnet coupled to Josephson junction

Abstract

Irregular easy axis reorientation features are observed in numerical simulations of the nanomagnet coupled to the Josephson junction. We study magnetization bifurcations and chaos that appear in this system due to the interplay of superconductivity and magnetism. The bifurcation structure of magnetization under the variation of Josephson to magnetic energy ratio as a control parameter demonstrates several precessional motions that are related to chaotic behavior and orbits with different periodicities in the ferromagnetic resonance region. The effect of an external periodic signal on the bifurcation structure is also investigated. The results demonstrate high-frequency modes of a periodic motion and a chaotic response near resonance. Far from the ferromagnetic resonance, we observe a quasiperiodic behavior. The obtained results explain the irregular reorientation of the easy axis and the transitions between different types of motion.