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Thermal-bias-induced spin angular momentum transfer between a paramagnetic metal and ferromagnetic insulator is studied theoretically based on the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) phenomenology. Magnons in the ferromagnet establish…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-14 Silas Hoffman , Koji Sato , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

The spin-current model of electric polarization of spin origin is developed for a magnetic structure with anisotropic tensor gyromagnetic ratio (g-factor). Three mechanisms of the magnetoelectric effect are proposed, caused by the symmetric…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-04-28 Mariya Iv. Trukhanova , Pavel A. Andreev

Phase transitions driven by external stimuli are central to condensed matter physics, providing critical insights into symmetry breaking and emergent phenomena. Recently, ferrimagnetic (FiM) Mn$_3$Si$_2$Te$_6$ has attracted considerable…

A new current induced spin-torque transfer effect has been observed in a single ferromagnetic layer without resorting to multilayers. At a specific current density of one polarity injected from a point contact, abrupt resistance changes due…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. Ji , C. L. Chien

Recent theories of spin-current-induced magnetization reversal are formulated in terms of a spin-mixing conductance $G^{mix}$. We evaluate $G^{mix}$ from first-principles for a number of (dis)ordered interfaces between magnetic and…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 K. Xia , P. J. Kelly , G. E. W. Bauer , A. Brataas , I. Turek

A comprehensive theory for electronic transport in itinerant ferromagnets is developed. We first show that the Q-field theory used previously to describe a disordered Fermi liquid also has a saddle-point solution that describes a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. R. Kirkpatrick , D. Belitz

The current-induced resonant excitation of a magnetic vortex core is investigated by means of analytical and micromagnetic calculations. We find that the radius and the phase shift of the resonant motion are not correctly described by the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Jung-Hwan Moon , Dong-Hyun Kim , Myung Hwa Jung , Kyung-Jin Lee

We present a phenomenological theory of spin-orbit torques in a metallic ferromagnet with spin-relaxing boundaries. The model is rooted in the coupled diffusion of charge and spin in the bulk of the ferromagnet, where we account for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Hector Ochoa , Ricardo Zarzuela , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

Current-induced magnetization excitation is a core phenomenon for next-generation magnetic nanodevices, and has been attributed to the spin-transfer torque (STT) that originates from the transfer of the spin angular momentum between a…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-03-30 K. J. Kim , T. Moriyama , T. Koyama , D. Chiba , S. W. Lee , S. J. Lee , K. J. Lee , H. W. Lee , T. Ono

Analytical multi-domain solutions to the dynamical (Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert) equation of a one-dimensional ferromagnet including an external magnetic field and spin-polarized electric current are found using the Hirota bilinearization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-13 Andrzej Janutka

It is shown that the flow of electric current in an altermagnet results in the formation of a homogeneous electron spin orientation in the sample. The spin of the conduction electrons generated in altermagnets with $d$-wave spin-momentum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-18 L. E. Golub , L. Šmejkal

A temperature gradient applied to a ferromagnetic metal induces not only independent flows of electrons and magnons but also drag currents because of their mutual interaction. In this paper, we present a microscopic study of the electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Terufumi Yamaguchi , Hiroshi Kohno , Rembert A. Duine

We consider current-induced domain wall motion and, the reciprocal process, moving domain wall-induced current. The associated Onsager coefficients are expressed in terms of scattering matrices. Uncommonly, in (Ga,Mn)As, the effective…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-06-29 Kjetil M. D Hals , Anh Kiet Nguyen , Arne Brataas

Two complementary effects modify the GHz magnetization dynamics of nanoscale heterostructures of ferromagnetic and normal materials relative to those of the isolated magnetic constituents: On the one hand, a time-dependent ferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Arne Brataas , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Bertrand I. Halperin

The mode dependence of current-induced magnetic excitations in spin valves is studied theoretically. The torque exerted on the magnetization by transverse spin currents as well as the Gilbert damping constant are found to depend strongly on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Arne Brataas , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Gerrit E. W. Bauer

We study the stability of magnetization precessions induced in spin-transfer devices by the injection of spin-polarized electric currents. Instability conditions are derived by introducing a generalized, far-from-equilibrium interpretation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-01-28 G. Bertotti , R. Bonin , M. d'Aquino , C. Serpico , I. D. Mayergoyz

The flow of in-plane current through ultrathin magnetic heterostructures can cause magnetization switching or domain wall nucleation owing to bulk and interfacial effects. Within the magnetic layer, the current can create magnetic…

It has been shown experimentally a long time ago that the magnetic ordering causes an anomalous behavior of the electron resistivity in ferromagnetic crystals. Phenomenological explanations based on the interaction between itinerant…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Akabli , H. T. Diep

We discuss the influence of a uniform current, $\vec{j} $, on the magnetization dynamics of a ferromagnetic metal. We find that the magnon energy $\epsilon(\vec{q})$ has a current-induced contribution proportional to $\vec{q}\cdot \vec{\cal…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Fernandez-Rossier , M. Braun , A. S. Núñez , A. H. MacDonald

We study time-dependent electronic and spin transport through an electronic level connected to two leads and coupled with a single-molecule magnet via exchange interaction. The molecular spin is treated as a classical variable and precesses…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-24 Milena Filipovic , Cecilia Holmqvist , Federica Haupt , Wolfgang Belzig