Abstract: A method of forming a domain wall in a nanowire, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a conductive strip orthogonally to a nanowire adjacent a free end of the nanowire, the nanowire having an original magnetization direction; b) pulsing a current through the conductive strip to generate an Oersted field having a direction opposite to the original magnetization direction such that magnetization direction of a portion of the nanowire transversed by the conductive strip becomes opposite to the original magnetization direction, the domain wall being generated in the nanowire at a location defined between the portion of the nanowire transversed by the conductive strip and a second end of the nanowire, wherein no external magnetic field is provided during formation of the domain wall.