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We propose the spin swapping effect for an exchange magnon spin current in a perpendicularly magnetized ferromagnetic medium with in plane anisotropy on the surface. The excitation of a magnon current flowing along an in-plane direction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-03 Shuting Cui , Peng Yan , Wei Luo , Xiaofei Yang , Yue Zhang

Several recent experimental studies have confirmed the possibility of switching the magnetization direction in the small magnetic domains by pumping large spin-polarized currents through them. On the basis of equations proposed by…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Ya. B. Bazaliy , B. A. Jones , Shou-Cheng Zhang

In this communication we report the existence of a dynamic ``spin-reversal'' transition in an Ising system perturbed by a pulsed external magnetic field. The transition is achieved by tuning the strength ($h_p$) and/or the duration ($\Delta…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 A. Misra , B. K. Chakrabarti

Current-induced antiferromagnetic (AFM) switching remains critical in spintronics, yet the interplay between thermal effects and spin torques still lacks clear clarification. Here we experimentally investigate the thermally interplayed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-18 Wenlong Cai , Zanhong Chen , Yuzhang Shi , Daoqian Zhu , Guang Yang , Ao Du , Shiyang Lu , Kaihua Cao , Hongxi Liu , Kewen Shi , Weisheng Zhao

We consider the dynamics of polarization of a single domain wall in a magnetic nanowire, which is strongly pinned by impurities. In this case the equation of motion for the polarization parameter does not include any other dynamical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-16 N. Sedlmayr , V. Dugaev , J. Berakdar

In this Article we discuss a micromagnetic modelling approach to describe the ultrafast spin-transfer torque excitation of coherent and incoherent magnons on the nanoscale. Implementing the action of a femtosecond spin current pulse…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 Henning Ulrichs , Ilya Razdolski

A selfconsistent theory of the current-induced switching of magnetization using nonequilibrium Keldysh formalism is developed for a junction of two ferromagnets separated by a nonmagnetic spacer. It is shown that the spin-transfer torques…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 D. M. Edwards , F. Federici , J. Mathon , A. Umerski

The discovery that a spin polarized current can exert a large torque on a ferromagnet through a transfusion of spin angular momentum, offers a new way to control a magnetization by simple current injection, without the help of an applied…

We investigate two schemes for pumping spin adiabatically from a ferromagnet through an interacting quantum dot into a normal lead, which exploit the possibility to vary in time the ferromagnet's magnetization, either its amplitude or its…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-17 Nina Winkler , Michele Governale , Jürgen König

We develop a macroscopic description of the current-induced torque due to spin transfer in a layered system consisting of two ferromagnetic layers separated by a nonmagnetic layer. The description is based on i) the classical spin diffusion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 J. Barnas , A. Fert , M. Gmitra , I. Weymann , V. K. Dugaev

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

We theoretically study the influence of a predominant field-like spin-orbit torque on the magnetization switching of small devices with a uniform magnetization. We show that for a certain range of ratios (0.23-0.55) of the Slonczewski to…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-01 William Legrand , Rajagopalan Ramaswamy , Rahul Mishra , Hyunsoo Yang

Strong magnetic field pulses associated with a relativistic electron bunch can imprint switching patterns in magnetic thin films that have uniaxial in-plane anisotropy. In experiments with Fe and FeCo alloy films the pattern shape reveals…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-24 Ioan Tudosa

We investigate the switching of a magnetic nanoparticle comprising the middle free layer of a memory cell based on a double magnetic tunnel junction under the combined effect of spin-polarized current and weak on-chip magnetic field. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-29 Yu. Dzhezherya , P. Polynchuk , A. Kravets , V. Korenivski

We demonstrate electrical magnetization switching and spin pumping in magnetically doped Weyl semimetals. The Weyl semimetal is a new class of topological semimetals, known to have nontrivial coupling between the charge and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-02 Daichi Kurebayashi , Kentaro Nomura

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…

The current dependence of the switching barrier for spin torque switching of an in-plane magnetized ferromagnet was studied. Two scaling currents, I_{c}$ and I_{c}^{*}(>I_{c}), were introduced to distinguish the magnetization stability. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-30 Tomohiro Taniguchi , Hiroshi Imamura

We report the observation and micromagnetic analysis of current-driven magnetization switching in nanoscale ring-shaped magnetic tunnel junctions. When the electric current density exceeds a critical value of the order of $6\times…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Hong-Xiang Wei , Jiexuan He , Zhen-Chao Wen , Xiu-Feng Han , Wen-Shan Zhan , Shufeng Zhang

Angular variation of giant magnetoresistance and spin-transfer torque in metallic spin-valve heterostructures is analyzed theoretically in the limit of diffusive transport. It is shown that the spin-transfer torque in asymmetric spin valves…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Gmitra , J. Barnas

Nanopillar spin valve devices are typically comprised of two ferromagnetic layers: a reference layer and a free layer whose magnetic orientation can be changed by both an external magnetic field and through the introduction of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Richard Choi , J. A. Katine , Stephane Mangin , Eric E. Fullerton