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Current-induced magnetization dynamics at the edge of a two-dimensional electron system with strong spin-orbit coupling

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2014-03-04 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We experimentally investigate electron transport through the interface between a permalloy ferromagnet and the edge of a two-dimensional electron system with strong Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling. We observe strongly non-linear transport around zero bias at millikelvin temperatures. The observed nonlinearity is fully suppressed above some critical values of temperature, magnetic field, and current through the interface. We interpret this behavior as the result of spin accumulation at the interface and its current-induced absorption as a magnetization torque.

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@article{arxiv.1401.5719,
  title  = {Current-induced magnetization dynamics at the edge of a two-dimensional electron system with strong spin-orbit coupling},
  author = {A. Kononov and S. V. Egorov and G. Biasiol and L. Sorba and E. V. Deviatov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.5719},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

6 pages, minor corrections