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In contrast to earlier studies performed on simple Co/Cu/Co sandwiches, we have investigated spin transfer effects in complex spin-valve pillars with a diameter of 130nm developed for current-perpendicular to the plane (CPP)…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Deac , K. J. Lee , Y. Liu , O. Redon , M. Li , P. Wang , J. P. Nozieres , B. Dieny

The effect of thermal fluctuations on spin-transfer switching has been studied for a broad range of time scales (sub-ns to seconds) in a model system, a uniaxial thin film nanomagnet. The nanomagnet is incorporated into a spin-valve…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-11 D. Bedau , H. Liu , J. Z. Sun , J. A. Katine , E. E. Fullerton , S. Mangin , A. D. Kent

We address optimization of the spin current intensity profile needed to achieve spin torque switching of a nanomagnet. For systems with Ohmic dissipation we prove that the optimal current drives the magnetization along the trajectory, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-18 Tom Dunn , Alex Kamenev

We have performed non-local spin injection into a nano-scale ferromagnetic particle configured in a lateral spin valve structure to switch its magnetization only by spin current. The non-local spin injection aligns the magnetization of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Kimura , Y. Otani , J. Hamrle

We describe spin transfer in a ferromagnet/normal metal/ferromagnet spin-valve point contact. Spin is transferred from the spin-polarized device current to the magnetization of the free layer by the mechanism of incoherent magnon emission…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. I. Kozub , J. Caro

Spin valve nanopillars are reversed via the mechanism of spin momentum transfer using current pulses applied perpendicular to the film plane of the device. The applied pulses were varied in amplitude from 1.8 mA to 7.8 mA, and varied in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Shehzaad Kaka , Matthew Pufall , William Rippard , Thomas Silva , Stephen Russek , Jordan Katine , Matthew Carey

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

This paper shows that the presence of two dynamical regimes, characterized by different precessional-axis, is the origin of the non-monotonic behavior of the output integrated power for large-amplitude magnetization precession driven by…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Siracusano , G. Finocchio , A. La Corte , G. Consolo , L. Torres , B. Azzerboni

Current-induced magnetization switching, a fundamental phenomenon related to spin-transport of electrons, enables non-voltaic and fast information write, facilitating applications in low-power memory and logic devices. However,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-30 Yanyan Yang , Weiwei Lin

The effects of a weak microwave field in the magnetization dynamics driven by spin-transfer-torque in spin-valves with perpendicular materials have been systematically studied by means of full micromagnetic simulations. In the system we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Mario Carpentieri , Giovanni Finocchio , Bruno Azzerboni , Luis Torres

The results are presented of a numerical simulation of the switching magnetic junction by a spin-polarized current pulse under applied magnetic field with the current density and field below the threshold values. A possibility is shown of…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-07-23 S. G. Chigarev , E. M. Epshtein , Yu. V. Gulyaev , P. E. Zilberman

We provide evidence for the effects of spin polarized current on a nanofabricated antiferromagnet incorporated into a spin-valve structure. Signatures of current-induced effects include bipolar steps in differential resistance,…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Sergei Urazhdin , Nicholas Anthony

Antiferromagnets are promising candidates for ultrafast spintronic applications, leveraging current-induced spin-orbit torques. However, experimentally distinguishing between different switching mechanisms of the staggered magnetization…

We develop a theory for spin transport and magnetization dynamics in a quantum-dot spin valve, i.e., two magnetic reservoirs coupled to a quantum dot. Our theory is able to take into account effects of strong correlations. We demonstrate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-09 N. M. Gergs , S. A. Bender , R. A. Duine , D. Schuricht

Picosecond switching of the staggered antiferromagnetic order is shown to be realizable through spin-transfer torques from a short current pulse. The coupled dynamics of sublattice magnetization is mapped onto a classical pendulum subject…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-03 Ran Cheng , Matthew W. Daniels , Jian-Gang Zhu , Di Xiao

We present a time-resolved study of the magnetization dynamics in a microstructured Cr$|$Heusler$|$Pt waveguide driven by the Spin-Hall-Effect and the Spin-Transfer-Torque effect via short current pulses. In particular, we focus on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 T. Meyer , T. Brächer , F. Heussner , A. A. Serga , H. Naganuma , K. Mukaiyama , M. Oogane , Y. Ando , B. Hillebrands , P. Pirro

In the framework of phenomenological model we consider dynamics of a compensated collinear antiferromagnet (AFM) in the presence of spin-polarised current. The model is based on the assumption that AFM spins are localised and spin torque is…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-03-16 H. Gomonay , V. Loktev

We show that a slowly decaying current pulse can lead to nearly deterministic precessional switching in the presence of noise. We consider a biaxial macrospin, with an easy axis in the plane and a hard axis out-of-the plane, typical of thin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-18 Daniele Pinna , Colm Ryan , Thomas Ohki , Andrew D. Kent

Using the nascent concept of quantum spin-transfer torque [A. Zholud et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 119}, 257201 (2017); M. D. Petrovi\'{c} {\em et al.}, Phys. Rev. X {\bf 11}, 021062 (2021)], we demonstrate that a current pulse can be…

Micromagnetic instabilities and non-uniform magnetization states play a significant role in spin transfer induced switching of nanometer scale magnetic elements. Here we model domain wall mediated switching dynamics in perpendicularly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-13 Nahuel Statuto , Jamileh Beik Mohammadi , Andrew D. Kent