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Spin transport phenomena underpin an extensive range of spintronic effects. In particular spin transport across interfaces occurs in most device concepts, but is so far poorly understood. As interface properties strongly impact spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-05-19 Alexander Pfeiffer , Robert M. Reeve , Kelvin Elphick , Atsufumi Hirohata , Mathias Kläui

A new current induced spin-torque transfer effect has been observed in a single ferromagnetic layer without resorting to multilayers. At a specific current density of one polarity injected from a point contact, abrupt resistance changes due…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. Ji , C. L. Chien

We consider the spin-orbit-induced spin Hall effect and spin swapping in diffusive superconductors. By employing the non-equilibrium Keldysh Green's function technique in the quasiclassical approximation, we derive coupled transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-22 Camilla Espedal , Peter Lange , Severin Sadjina , A. G. Mal'shukov , Arne Brataas

We demonstrate the general principle which states that a dissipationless spin current flows between two coupled ferromagnets if their magnetic orders are misaligned. This principle applies regardless the two ferromagnets are metallic or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-03 Wei Chen , Peter Horsch , Dirk Manske

Since its discovery, graphene has been a promising material for spintronics: its low spin-orbit coupling, negligible hyperfine interaction, and high electron mobility are obvious advantages for transporting spin information over long…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-04 Jose H. Garcia , Marc Vila , Aron W. Cummings , Stephan Roche

Current-induced dynamics in spin valves including composite free layer with antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling is studied theoretically within the diffusive transport regime. We show that current-induced dynamics of a synthetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Pavel Baláž , Józef Barnaś

We study charge transport in a two dimensional hybrid systems consisting of nonmagnetic two dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit interaction sandwiched between a Ferromagnetic lead and a normal metallic lead (FM/2DEG/NM). An {\it…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. P. Pareek

We present a theoretical study of nonlocal magnetoelectric effects in diffusive hybrid structures with an intrinsic linear-in-momentum spin-orbit coupling (SOC) which is assumed to be spatially inhomogeneous. Our analysis is based on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-16 Cristina Sanz-Fernández , Juan Borge , Ilya V. Tokatly , F. Sebastián Bergeret

We present theoretical description of the precessional switching processes induced by simultaneous application of spin-polarized current and external magnetic field to antiferromagnetic component of the "pinned" layer. We found stability…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-05-29 Helen V. Gomonay , Vadim M. Loktev

New mechanism of magnetoresistance, based on tunneling-emission of spin polarized electrons from ferromagnets (FM) into semiconductors (S) and precession of electron spin in the semiconductor layer under external magnetic field, is…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 A. M. Bratkovsky , V. V. Osipov

The spin pumping efficiency of lateral standing spin wave modes in a rectangular YIG/Pt sample has been investigated by means of the inverse spin-Hall effect (ISHE). The standing spin waves drive spin pumping, the generation of spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 C. W. Sandweg , Y. Kajiwara , K. Ando , E. Saitoh , B. Hillebrands

We have shown that electron spin density can be generated by a dc current flowing across a $pn$ junction with an embedded asymmetric quantum well. Spin polarization is created in the quantum well by radiative electron-hole recombination…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. G. Mal'shukov , K. A. Chao

A transfer matrix technique is used to model phase coherent spin transport in the weakly disordered quasi one-dimensional channel of a gate-controlled electron spin interferometer [Datta and Das, Appl. Phys. Lett., 56, 665 (1990)]. It…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Cahay , S. Bandyopadhyay

The spin-transfer torque from a DC spin-polarized current can generate highly-coherent magnetic precession in nanoscale magnetic-multilayer devices. By measuring linewidths of spectra from the resulting resistance oscillations, we argue…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 J. C. Sankey , I. N. Krivorotov , S. I. Kiselev , P. M. Braganca , N. C. Emley , R. A. Buhrman , D. C. Ralph

We study the depinning of domain walls by pure diffusive spin currents in a nonlocal spin valve structure based on two ferromagnetic permalloy elements with copper as the nonmagnetic spin conduit. The injected spin current is absorbed by…

In spinelectronics the spin degree of freedom is used to transmit and store information. Ideally this occurs without net charge currents in order to avoid energy dissipation due to Joule heating. To this end the ability to create pure spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-27 Dahai Wei , Martin Obstbaum , Christian Back , Georg Woltersdorf

The inclusion of aligned-spin effects in gravitational-wave search pipelines for neutron-star--black-hole binary coalescence has been shown to increase the astrophysical reach with respect to search methods where spins are neglected…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-03 Tito Dal Canton , Andrew P. Lundgren , Alex B. Nielsen

When electron spins are injected uniformly into a paramagnetic disc, they can precess along the demagnetizing field induced by the resulting magnetic moment. Normally this precession damps out by virtue of the spin relaxation which is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-17 A. Slachter , B. J. van Wees

Recent progress in fabricating high-quality conductors with small densities of defects has initiated the studies of the viscous electron fluid and has motivated the search for the evidences of the hydrodynamic regime of electron transport.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-31 K. S. Denisov , K. A. Baryshnikov , P. S. Alekseev

An oscillographic study of the Hall voltage with an unpolarized alternating current through a platinum sample revealed choral features of the Hall effect, which clearly demonstrate the presence of the spin Hall effect in metals with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-27 Yu. N. Chiang , M. O. Dzyuba