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Surface spin-transfer torque and spin-injection effective field in ferromagnetic junctions: Unified theory

Materials Science 2009-11-11 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We consider theoretically a current flowing perpendicular to interfaces of a spin-valve type ferromagnetic metallic junction. For the first time an effective approach is investigated to calculate a simultaneous action of the two current effects, namely, the nonequilibrium longitudinal spin injection and the transversal spin-transfer surface torque. Dispersion relation for fluctuations is derived and solved. Nonlinear problem is solved about steady state arising due to instability for a thick enough free layer.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0505268,
  title  = {Surface spin-transfer torque and spin-injection effective field in ferromagnetic junctions: Unified theory},
  author = {R. J. Elliott and E. M. Epshtein and Yu. V. Gulyaev and P. E. Zilberman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0505268},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages