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Spin battery operated by ferromagnetic resonance

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

Precessing ferromagnets are predicted to inject a spin current into adjacent conductors via Ohmic contacts, irrespective of a conductance mismatch with, for example, doped semiconductors. This opens the way to create a pure spin source spin battery by the ferromagnetic resonance. We estimate the spin current and spin bias for different material combinations.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0205028,
  title  = {Spin battery operated by ferromagnetic resonance},
  author = {Arne Brataas and Yaroslav Tserkovnyak and Gerrit E. W. Bauer and Bertrand I. Halperin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0205028},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

The estimate for the magnitude of the spin bias is improved. We find that it is feasible to get a measurable signal of the order of the microwave frequency already for moderate rf intensities