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We calculate the average persistent current in a normal conducting, mesoscopic ring in the diffusive regime. In the presence of magnetic impurities, a contribution to the persistent current is identified, which is related to fluctuations in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. Schwab , U. Eckern

Using a density matrix formulation for the effective action, we obtain a set of macroscopic equations that describe spin accumulation in a non-homogeneous ferromagnet. We give a new expression for the spin current which extends previous…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 W. N. G. Hitchon , R. W. Chantrell , A. Rebei

We propose a general theory of the spin-transfer effects that occur when current flows through inhomogeneous magnetic systems. Our theory does not rest on an appeal to conservation of total spin, can assess whether or not current-induced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alvaro S. Núñez , A. H. MacDonald

A spin current through a ferromagnet/heavy-metal interface may shrink due to the spin-flip at the interface, resulting in the spin-memory loss. Here we propose a mechanism of the spin-memory loss. In contrast to other mechanisms based on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-28 Mijin Lim , Hyun-Woo Lee

Spin currents in a two dimensional electron gas with Rashba-type spin orbit coupling are derived from a spin connection. Using a functional integral method, we recover the result derived by Sinova {\em et al.}$[ \mathrm{Phys.Rev. Lett. 92,…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Rebei O. Heinonen

The Rashba spin-orbit coupling arising from structure inversion asymmetry couples spin and momentum degrees of freedom providing a suitable (and very intensively investigated) environment for spintronic effects and devices. Here we show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 Goetz Seibold , Sergio Caprara , Marco Grilli , Roberto Raimondi

The dynamic coupling between spin and charge currents in non-magnetic conductors is considered. As a consequence of this coupling, the spin dynamics is directly reflected in the electrical impedance of the sample, with a relevant frequency…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 P. S. Alekseev , M. I. Dyakonov

The presence of spin-orbit coupling drives the anomalous magnetotransport at oxide interfaces and forms the basis for numerous intriguing properties of these 2D electron systems, such as topologically protected phases or anti-localization.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-02-28 Patrick Seiler , Jone Zabaleta , Robin Wanke , Jochen Mannhart , Thilo Kopp , Daniel Braak

We have examined the spin polarization of the electron current in a ferromagnetic metal induced by the spin-dependent surface screening at the dielectric-ferromagnetic metal (D-FM) interface. In an applied ac voltage, the dynamic band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-20 Piotr Graczyk , Maciej Krawczyk

It is shown that the spin-orbit coupling due to structure inversion asymmetry leads to a characteristic anisotropy in the magnetoconductance of two-dimensional metals. Relevance for recent experiments is discussed.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Raimondi , M. Leadbeater , P. Schwab , E. Caroti , C. Castellani

The electrical response of two diffusive metals is studied when they are linked by a magnetic insulator hosting a topologically stable (superfluid) spin current. We discuss how charge currents in the metals induce a spin supercurrent state,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-14 So Takei , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

We provide a theoretical description of diffusive charge and spin transport in hybrid devices containing altermagnets. Based on recently derived drift--diffusion equations for coupled charge and spin dynamics and general boundary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Nicolás Sigales , Tim Kokkeler , Gonzalo de Polsi , Sebastian Bergeret

We present a comprehensive theoretical investigation of the light absorption rate at the Pb/Ge(111) surface with strong spin-orbit coupling. Our calculations show that electron spin-flip transitions cause as much as 6% of the total light…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-17 Julen Ibañez-Azpiroz , Asier Eiguren , Eugene Ya. Sherman , Aitor Bergara

Based on spin-dependent transport theory and thermodynamics, we develop a generalized theory of the Joule heating in the presence of a spin current. Along with the conventional Joule heating consisting of an electric current and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-03 Tomohiro Taniguchi , Wayne M. Saslow

We theoretically study the renormalization of inertial effects on the spin dependent transport of conduction electrons in a semiconductor by taking into account the interband mixing on the basis of k.p perturbation theory. In our analysis,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-06 B. Basu , Debashree Chowdhury

We consider an antiferromagnetic insulator that is in contact with a metal. Spin accumulation in the metal can induce spin-transfer torques on the staggered field and on the magnetization in the antiferromagnet. These torques relate to spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 Sverre A. Gulbrandsen , Arne Brataas

We investigate the combined effects of magnetic impurities and applied magnetic field on the interference contribution to the conductance of disordered metals. We show that in a metal with weak spin-orbit interaction, the polarization of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. G. Vavilov , L. I. Glazman

In systems with strong spin-orbit coupling, the relationship between spin-transfer torque and the divergence of the spin current is generalized to a relation between spin transfer torques, total angular momentum current, and mechanical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Paul M. Haney , M. D. Stiles

We study spin and charge diffusion in metallic-ferromagnet/topological-insulator junctions. The coupled diffusion equations are derived perturbatively with respect to the strength of the interlayer tunneling. We calculate spin accumulation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Takehito Yokoyama , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

The generation, manipulation and detection of spin-polarized electrons in nanostructures define the main challenges of spin-based electronics[1]. Amongst the different approaches for spin generation and manipulation, spin-orbit coupling,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Sergio O. Valenzuela , M. Tinkham