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Current-induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) has emerged as a promising method for achieving energy-efficient magnetization switching in advanced spintronic devices. However, technological advancement has been inadequate because an external…

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We review several proposed spintronic devices that can provide new functionality or improve available functions of electronic devices. In particular, we discuss a high mobility field effect spin transistor, an all-metal spin transistor, and…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Das Sarma , Jaroslav Fabian , Xuedong Hu , Igor Zutic

Electrical switching of antiferromagnets is an exciting recent development in spintronics, which promises active antiferromagnetic devices with high speed and low energy cost. In this emerging field, there is an active debate about the…

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Spintronic devices have recently attracted a lot of attention in the field of unconventional computing due to their non-volatility for short and long term memory, non-linear fast response and relatively small footprint. Here we report how…

Altermagnets, a newly discovered class of magnets, integrate the advantages of both ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, such as enabling anomalous transport without stray fields and supporting ultrafast spin dynamics, offering exciting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-05 Xian-Peng Zhang , Run-Wu Zhang , Xiaolong Fan , Wanxiang Feng , Xiangrong Wang , Yugui Yao

Spin-orbit coupling in inversion-asymmetric magnetic crystals and structures has emerged as a powerful tool to generate complex magnetic textures, interconvert charge and spin under applied current, and control magnetization dynamics.…

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We show that a Spin Field Effect Transistor, realized with a semiconductor quantum wire channel sandwiched between half-metallic ferromagnetic contacts, can have Fano resonances in the transmission spectrum. These resonances appear because…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Wan , M. Cahay , S. Bandyopadhyay

As computing power demands continue to grow, superconducting electronics present an opportunity to reduce power consumption by increasing the energy efficiency of digital logic and memory. A key milestone for scaling this technology is the…

An impressive success of spintronic applications has been typically realized in metal-based structures which utilize magnetoresistive effects for substantial improvements in the performance of computer hard drives and magnetic random access…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Igor Zutic , Jaroslav Fabian , Steven C. Erwin

We theoretically investigate the effective exchange interaction, $J_\mathrm{eff}$, mediated by conductive electrons within a nonmagnetic metal spacer, in the presence of a bias voltage, sandwiched by two ferromagnetic insulators. On the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-09 Kohei Ohgane , Yuta Yahagi , Daisuke Miura , Akimasa Sakuma

Flexible control of magnetization switching by electrical manners is crucial for applications of spin-orbitronics. Besides of a switching current that is parallel to an applied field, a bias current that is normal to the switching current…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-11-30 X. Zhang , C. H. Wan , Z. H. Yuan , Q. T. Zhang , H. Wu , L. Huang , W. J. Kong , C. Fang , U. Khan , X. F. Han

Manipulation of antiferromagnetic (AFM) spins by electrical means is on great demand to develop the AFM spintronics with low power consumption. In spite of the electrical modulation of insulated AFMs through coupling between their intrinsic…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-04-07 Yuyan Wang , Xiang Zhou , Cheng Song , Yinuo Yan , Shiming Zhou , Guangyue Wang , Chao Chen , Fei Zeng , Feng Pan

The discovery of altermagnetism offers new opportunities for exploring novel quantum states and developing spintronic devices for enabling momentum dependent spin splitting in compensated systems, while zero net magnetization limit its…

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Recent progress in physics on spin dependent transport in magnetic nanostructures is reviewed. Special attention is paid on the spin accumulation and spin current caused by spin injection into non-magnetic metals and semiconductors and…

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Superconducting spintronics in hybrid superconductor/ferromagnet (S-F) heterostructures provides an exciting potential new class of device. The prototypical super-spintronic device is the superconducting spin-valve, where the critical…

Spintronics, a technology harnessing electron spin for information transmission, offers a promising avenue to surpass the limitations of conventional electronic devices. While the spin directly interacts with the magnetic field, its control…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-12-11 Run-Wu Zhang , Chaoxi Cui , Runze Li , Jingyi Duan , Lei Li , Zhi-Ming Yu , Yugui Yao

This review article aims at illustrating the recent progresses in the electrical control of magnetism in oxides with profound physics and enormous potential applications. In the first part, we provide a comprehensive summary of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-09-08 Cheng Song , Bin Cui , Jingjing Peng , Haijun Mao , Feng Pan

Single-electronics and spintronics are among the most intensively investigated potential complements or alternatives to CMOS electronics. Single-electronics, which is based on the discrete charge of the electron, is the ultimate in…

Electrical manipulation of magnetization is essential for integration of magnetic functionalities such as magnetic memories and magnetic logic devices into electronic circuits. The current induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) in heavy…

Ferroelectric materials hold great potential for alternative memories and computing, but several challenges need to be overcome before bringing the ideas to applications. In this context, the recently discovered link between electric…

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