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The magnetization dynamics in diluted magnetic semiconductor heterostructures based on (Zn,Mn)Se and (Cd,Mn)Te has been studied experimentally by optical methods and simulated numerically. In the samples with nonhomogeneous magnetic ion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 A. A. Maksimov , D. R. Yakovlev , J. Debus , I. I. Tartakovskii , A. Waag , G. Karczewski , T. Wojtowicz , J. Kossut , M. Bayer

Ab initio simulations are combined with in situ infrared spectroscopy to unveil the molecular transport of H$_2$, CO$_2$, and H$_2$O in the metal organic framework MOF-74-Mg. Our study uncovers---at the atomistic level---the major factors…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-01-15 Pieremanuele Canepa , Nour Nijem , Yves J. Chabal , T. Thonhauser

We use both classical magnetotransport and quantum oscillation measurements to study the thickness evolution of the extremely large magnetoresistance (XMR) material and type-II Weyl semimetal candidate, $\gamma$-MoTe$_2$, protected from…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-07-04 Shazhou Zhong , Archana Tiwari , George Nichols , Fangchu Chen , Xuan Luo , Yuping Sun , Adam W. Tsen

Conventional spin Hall nano-oscillators (SHNOs) face fundamental power limitations due to the low anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR < 0.3%) of ferromagnetic layers. To address this, we developed a synthetic antiferromagnetic spin-valve…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Chunhao Li , Xiaotian Zhao , Wenlong Cai , Long Liu , Wei Liu , Zhidong Zhang

Spin wave, the collective excitation of magnetic order, is one of the fundamental angular momentum carriers in magnetic systems. Understanding the spin wave propagation in magnetic textures lies in the heart of developing pure magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-09 Jin Lan , Weichao Yu , Jiang Xiao

Carbon-based molecular semiconductors are explored for application in spintronics because their small spin-orbit coupling promises long spin life times. We calculate the electronic transport from first principles through spin valves…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Deniz Çakır , Diana M. Otálvaro , Geert Brocks

Charge and spin transport in spintronics devices can be described by a spin diffusion equation suitable for modelling scales much larger than the scattering and atomic scales. This work concerns the coarse graining procedure used to compute…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-02 Vincent Sacksteder

We present the combination of Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) for computing the electron transmission through two-terminals nanoscale devices. The method is then applied to metallic junctions…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-09-14 Andrea Droghetti , Milos M. Radonjić , Liviu Chioncel , Ivan Rungger

We report the observation of the spin valve effect in (Ga,Mn)As/p-GaAs/(Ga,Mn)As trilayer devices. Magnetoresistance measurements carried out in the current in plane geometry reveal positive magnetoresistance peaks when the two…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Xiang , B. L. Sheu , M. Zhu , P. Schiffer , N. Samarth

Precessing magnetization in a thin film magnetic insulator pumps spins into adjacent metals; however, this phenomenon is not quantitatively understood. We present a theory for the dependence of spin-pumping on the transverse mode number and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-29 André Kapelrud , Arne Brataas

Ballistic spin polarized transport through diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) single and double barrier structures is investigated theoretically using a two-component model. The tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) of the system exhibits…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Kai Chang , J. B. Xia , F. M. Peeters

A nonlinear magnetoresistance - called unidirectional spin-Hall magnetoresistance - is recently experimentally discovered in metallic bilayers consisting of a heavy metal and a ferromagnetic metal. To study the fundamental mechanism of the…

Defects ubiquitously exist in crystal materials and usually exhibit a very different nature than the bulk matrix, and hence, their presence can have significant impacts on the properties of devices. Although it is well accepted that the…

We report the observation of tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance (TAMR) in an organic spin-valve-like structure with only one ferromagnetic electrode. The device is based on a new high mobility perylene diimide-based n-type organic…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-29 M. Gruenewald , M. Wahler , M. Michelfeit , C. Gould , R. Schmidt , F. Wuerthner , G. Schmidt , L. W. Molenkamp

This paper proposes a new model for Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) and calculates its typical graph qualitatively. The model foundation is the microscopic mechanism in GMR, where the GMR effect can be explained by intrinsic and extrinsic…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-09-09 Christian Naa , Suprijadi , Sparisoma Viridi , Mitra Djamal

We report magnetization and magetoresistance measurements in hybrid ferromagnetic metal/semiconductor heterostructures comprised of MnAs/(Ga,Mn)As bilayers. Our measurements show that the (metallic) MnAs and (semiconducting) (Ga,Mn)As…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-07-14 M. Zhu , M. J. Wilson , B. L. Sheu , P. Mitra , P. Schiffer , N. Samarth

The understanding of magnetoresistance (MR) in organic spin valves (OSVs) based on molecular semiconductors is still incomplete after its demonstration more than a decade ago. While carrier concentration may play an essential role in spin…

Magnetoresistance measurements in the CPP geometry have been performed on single electrodeposited Co nanowires exchange biased on one side by a sputtered amorphous GdCo layer. This geometry allows the stabilization of a single domain wall…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 J. -E. Wegrowe , A. Comment , Y. Jaccard , J. -Ph. Ansermet , N. M. Dempsey , J-P. Nozieres

Magnon spin Nernst effect was recently proposed as an intrinsic effect in antiferromagnets, where spin diffusion and boundary spin transmission have been ignored. However, diffusion processes are essential to convert a bulk spin current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-23 Hantao Zhang , Ran Cheng

The inevitable Gilbert damping in magnetization dynamics is usually regarded as detrimental to spin transport. Here we apply a general feature of chiral non-Hermitian dynamics to a ferromagnetic-insulator--normal-metal heterostructure to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-23 Xiyin Ye , Ke Xia , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Tao Yu