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By adding generalizations involving translations, the machinery of the quantum theory of free fields leads to the semiclassical equations of motion for a charged massive particle in electromagnetic and gravitational fields. With the…

General Physics · Physics 2015-07-07 Richard Shurtleff

A general expression of the current induced spin torque in a magnetic layered structure in the presence of external dc or ac voltages is derived in the framework of the scattering matrix approach. A detailed analysis is performed for a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-10-05 F. Romeo , R. Citro

Spin transfer torque and spin pumping are central reciprocal phenomena in spintronics. These phenomena occur in hybrid systems of normal metals and magnets. Spin transfer is the conversion of spin currents in metals to a torque on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-17 Arne Brataas

We present a unified theory of charge and spin transport using quaternionic formalism. It is shown that both charge current and spin currents can be combined together to form a quaternionic current. The scalar and vector part of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-03-03 T. P. Pareek

We model electronic transport through a double quantum wire in an external homogeneous perpendicular magnetic field using a scattering formalism built on the Lippmann-Schwinger equation. In the scattering region a window is opened between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vidar Gudmundsson , Chi-Shung Tang

Spin valves incorporating perpendicularly magnetized materials are promising structures for memory elements and high-frequency generators. We report the angular dependence of the spin-transfer torque in spin valves with perpendicular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Xingtao Jia , Ying Li , Ke Xia , Gerrit E. W. Bauer

The manner in which spin-polarized electrons interact with a magnetized thin film is currently described by a semi-classical approach. This in turn provides our present understanding of the spin transfer, or spin torque phenomenon. However,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-04-17 Wonkee Kim , L. Covaci , F. Dogan , F. Marsiglio

We present a study of the effects of inelastic scattering on the transport properties of various nanoscale devices, namely H$_2$ molecules sandwiched between Pt contacts, and a spin-valve made by an organic molecule attached to model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Jean , S. Sanvito

A novel scheme for spin filters is proposed by studying the coherent transport of electrons through the quantum wires with lateral magnetic modulations. Unlike other schemes in the literature, the modulation in our scheme is much weaker…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Zhou , Q. W. Shi , M. W. Wu

Motivated by the recently discovered magnonic Hanle effect in an insulating antiferromagnet [Wimmer et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 247204 (2020)], we develop a spin transport theory based on low-energy waves of antiferromagnetic N\'eel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-07 Eric Kleinherbers , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

In this paper we address the topic of inelastic electron scattering in mesoscopic quantum transport. For systems where only elastic scattering is present, Landauer theory provides an adequate description of transport that relates the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Eldon G. Emberly , George Kirczenow

We develop a comprehensive description of static and dynamic spin-transfer torque at interfaces between a normal metal and a magnetic material. Specific examples of the latter include ferromagnets, collinear and noncollinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Hector Ochoa

We treat the spin injection and extraction via a ferromagnetic metal/semiconductor Schottky barrier as a quantum scattering problem. This enables the theory to explain a number of phenomena involving spin-dependent current through the…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-02-20 L. Cywinski , H. Dery , P. Dalal , L. J. Sham

For the technologically relevant spin Hall effect most theoretical approaches rely on the evaluation of the spin-conductivity tensor. In contrast, for most experimental configurations the generation of spin accumulation at interfaces and…

A theoretical method for treating collisions in the presence of multiple potentials is developed by employing the Schwinger variational principle. The current treatment agrees with the local (regularized) frame transformation theory and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 F. Robicheaux , P. Giannakeas , Chris H. Greene

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

We have employed time-dependent local-spin density functional theory to analyze the multipole spin and charge density excitations in GaAs-AlGaAs quantum dots. The on-plane transferred momentum degree of freedom has been taken into account,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Manuel Barranco , Leonardo Colletti , Agusti Emperador , Enrico Lipparini , Marti Pi , Llorens Serra

Van der Waals magnetic materials are currently of great interest as materials for applications in future ultrathin nanoelectronics and nanospintronics. Due to weak coupling between individual monolayers, these materials can be easily…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-21 Wojciech Rudziński , Józef Barnaś , Anna Dyrdał

We study the magnetic damping in the simplest of synthetic antiferromagnets, i.e. antiferromagnetically exchange-coupled spin valves in which applied magnetic fields tune the magnetic configuration to become noncollinear. We formulate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-07 Takahiro Chiba , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Saburo Takahashi

It is known that the transfer of spin angular momenta between current carriers and local moments occurs near the interface of magnetic layers when their moments are non-collinear. However, to determine the magnitude of the transfer, one…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Asya Shpiro , Peter M. Levy , Shufeng Zhang