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Spin Josephson effects in Exchange coupled Anti-ferromagnets

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-10-05 v1

Abstract

The energy of exchange coupled antiferromagnetic insulators (AFMIs) is a periodic function of the relative in-plane orientation of the N\'{e}el vector fields. We show that this leads to oscillations in the relative magnetization of exchange coupled AFMIs separated by a thin metallic barrier. These oscillations pump a spin current (ISI_{S}) through the metallic spacer that is proportional to the rate of change of the relative in-plane orientation of the N\'{e}el vector fields. By considering spin-transfer torque induced by a spin chemical potential (VSV_{S}) at one of the interfaces, we predict non-Ohmic ISI_{S}-VSV_{S} characteristics of AFMI exchange coupled hetero-structures, which leads to a non-local voltage across a spin-orbit coupled metallic spacer.

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@article{arxiv.1605.09427,
  title  = {Spin Josephson effects in Exchange coupled Anti-ferromagnets},
  author = {Yizhou Liu and Gen Yin and Jiadong Zang and Roger Lake and Yafis Barlas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.09427},
  year   = {2016}
}
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