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Resonant activation of a synthetic antiferromagnet (SAF) is known to result in a dynamic running state, where the SAF's symmetric spin-flop pair continuously rotates between the two antiparallel ground states of the system, with the two…

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The spin-motive force (SMF) in a simple ferromagnetic monolayer caused by a surface acoustic wave is studied theoretically via spin-vorticity coupling (SVC). The SMF has two mechanisms. The first is the SVC-driven SMF, which produces the…

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We observe and analyze tunable relaxation of a pure spin current by an antiferromagnet in spin-valves. This is achieved by carefully controlling the angle between a resonantly excited ferromagnetic layer pumping the spin current and the…

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