We report experimentally obtained magnetic domain wall (DW) velocities of current-assisted field-driven DW creep in perpendicularly magnetized Pt/Co/Pt. We have intentionally introduced an asymmetry in the stacks by using different thicknesses of the two Pt layers sandwiching the Co layer. Thereby, it is tested whether conflicting current-induced domain wall motion (CI-DWM) results may be intrinsically related to the basic layout and growth. We sketch a scenario which could be at the basis of contradicting reports in literature where the direction of CI-DWM conflicts with spin-torque-transfer theory, allowing the sign of the current-induced effect on DW motion to be tuned.
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