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We theoretically study dynamic properties of thin ferromagnetic films in contact with normal metals. Moving magnetizations cause a flow of spins into adjacent conductors, which relax by spin flip, scatter back into the ferromagnet, or are…

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

The dynamics of a single spin embedded in a the tunnel junction between ferromagnetic contacts is strongly affected by the exchange coupling to the tunneling electrons. Moment reversal of the local spin induced by the bias voltage across…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-06-04 J. Fransson

Magnetic nanodevices usually include a free layer whose configuration can be changed by spin-polarized current via the spin transfer effect, and a fixed reference layer. Here, we demonstrate that the roles of the free and the reference…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-10-07 Weng Lee Lim , Andrew Higgins , Sergei Urazhdin

A ferromagnet-normal-metal-ferromagnet trilayer does not conserve spin current and as a result, the conduction electrons can create a torque on the magnetic moments. When the trilayer is connected to a superconducting electrode, the spin…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Xavier Waintal , Piet W. Brouwer

Electrical current-induced deterministic magnetization switching in a magnetic multilayer structure without external magnetic field is realized by utilizing interlayer exchange coupling. Two ferromagnetic Co layers, with in-plane and…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-04-04 Yu Sheng , Kevin William Edmonds , Xingqiao Ma , Houzhi Zheng , Kaiyou Wang

The spin flip of the conduction electrons at the interface of a ferromagnetic and a nonmagnetic part of a metallic wire, suspended between two electrodes, is shown to tort the wire when a current is driven through it. In order to enhance…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-10-26 Peter Fulde , Stefan Kettemann

The synchronized magnetization dynamics in ferromagnets on a nonmagnetic heavy metal caused by the spin Hall effect is investigated theoretically. The direct and inverse spin Hall effects near the ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic interface…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-22 Tomohiro Taniguchi

Recently, two-dimensional (2D) bilayer magnetic systems have been widely studied. Their interlayer magnetic interactions play a vital role in the magnetic properties. In this paper, we theoretically studied the interlayer magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-10 Wenqi Yang , Xinlong Yang , Menglei Li , Lin Hu , Fawei Zheng

In systems with strong spin-orbit coupling, the relationship between spin-transfer torque and the divergence of the spin current is generalized to a relation between spin transfer torques, total angular momentum current, and mechanical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Paul M. Haney , M. D. Stiles

We theoretically investigate current-induced magnetization dynamics in chiral-lattice helimagnets. Spin-orbit coupling in non-centrosymmetric crystals induces a reactive spin-transfer torque that has not been previously considered. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-09 Kjetil M. D. Hals , Arne Brataas

In metallic ferromagnets, the spin-transfer torque and spin-motive force are known to exhibit a reciprocal relationship. Recent experiments on ferromagnets with strong spin-orbit coupling have revealed a rich complexity in the interaction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Kjetil M. D. Hals , Arne Brataas

We present electrical measurements of high-frequency magnetic dynamics excited by spin-polarized currents in Co/Cu/Ni80Fe20 nanopillar devices, with a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the sample layers. As a function of current and…

We summarize our recent findings on how the current-driven magnetization switching in nanofabricated magnetic multilayers is affected by an applied magnetic field, changes of temperature, magnetic coupling between the ferromagnetic layers,…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Urazhdin , Norman O. Birge , W. P. Pratt , J. Bass

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

In metallic ferromagnets, an electric current is accompanied by a flux of angula r momentum, also called spin current. In multilayers, spatial variations of the spin current correspond to drive torques exerted on a magnetic layer. These…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 L. Berger

Currents can induce spin excitations in antiferromagnets, even when they are insulating. We investigate how spin transfer can cause antiferromagnetic resonance in bilayers and trilayers that consist of one antiferromagnetic insulator and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-28 Øyvind Johansen , Hans Skarsvåg , Arne Brataas

Current-induced dynamics in spin valves including composite free layer with antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling is studied theoretically within the diffusive transport regime. We show that current-induced dynamics of a synthetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Pavel Baláž , Józef Barnaś

In a ferromagnet--normal-metal--ferromagnet trilayer, a current flowing perpendicularly to the layers creates a torque on the magnetic moments of the ferromagnets. When one of the contacts is superconducting, the torque not only favors…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xavier Waintal , Piet W. Brouwer

Two ferromagnetic layers magnetically decoupled by a thick normal metal spacer layer can be, nevertheless, dynamically coupled via spin currents emitted by the spin-pump and absorbed through the spin-torque effects at the neighboring…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-14 A. A. Timopheev , Yu. G. Pogorelov , S. Cardoso , P. P. Freitas , G. N. Kakazei , N. A. Sobolev

Spin currents offer a way to control static and dynamic magnetic properties, and therefore they are crucial for next-generation MRAM devices or spin-torque oscillators. Manipulating the dynamics is especially interesting within the context…