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Moir\'e patterns in magnetic bilayers generate spatially modulated interlayer exchange interactions that can give rise to nonuniform magnetic textures. We study a minimal classical bilayer Ising model with a moir\'e-modulated interlayer…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-29 Ryan Flynn , Anders W. Sandvik

We study the dynamics of spin valves consisting of two layers of magnetic insulators separated by a normal metal in the macrospin model. A current through the spacer generates a spin Hall current that can actuate the magnetization via the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-19 Hans Skarsvåg , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Arne Brataas

Phenomenological approach is developed in the theory of spin-valve type ferromagnetic junctions to describe exchange switching by current flowing perpendicular to interfaces. Forward and backward current switching effects are described and…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 E. M. Epshtein , Yu. V. Gulyaev , P. E. Zilberman

Spin Hall effect plays an essential role in generating spin current from the injected charge current, following the Dyakonov-Perel rule that the directions of charge flow, spin flow and spin polarization are mutually perpendicular to each…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-11-06 Po-Hung Lin , Po-Wei Lee , Yu-Hsuan Lin , Bo-Yuan Yang , Vinod Kumar , Hsiu-Hau Lin , Chih-Huang Lai

We propose that topological spin currents flowing in topologically non-trivial magnetic textures, such as magnetic skyrmions and vortices, produce an intrinsic non-adiabatic torque of the form ${\bf T}_t\sim [(\partial_x{\bf…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Collins Ashu Akosa , Papa Birame Ndiaye , Aurélien Manchon

Spin pumping and spin-transfer torques are two reciprocal phenomena widely studied in ferromagnetic materials. However, pumping from antiferromagnets and its relation to current-induced torques have not been explored. By calculating how…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-04 Ran Cheng , Jiang Xiao , Qian Niu , Arne Brataas

We report the dynamic characterization of the spin-torque-driven in-plane precession modes of a spin-torque nano-oscillator based on two different synthetic ferrimagnets: a pinned one characterized by a strong RKKY interaction which is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-07 E. Monteblanco , F. Garcia-Sanchez , M. Romera , D. Gusakova , L. D. Buda-Prejbeanu , U. Ebels

This paper explains the phenomenon of current circulation and the resulting electromagnetic torque generation in electric machines employing delta windings. The description entails a systematic assessment of the electrical and magnetic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-11 Prerit Pramod

An applied electric current through a space-inversion asymmetric magnet induces spin-orbit torques (SOTs) on the magnetic moments, which holds much promise for future memory devices. We discuss general Green's function expressions suitable…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-11-19 Frank Freimuth , Stefan Blügel , Yuriy Mokrousov

The influence of dynamic interlayer interactions on the spin torque driven and damped excitations are illustrated for a three layer macrospin model system that corresponds to a standard spin-torque oscillator. The free layer and a synthetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 M. Romera , E. Monteblanco , F. Garcia-Sanchez , B. Delaet , L. D. Buda-Prejbeanu , U. Ebels

We develop the hydrodynamical theory of collinear spin currents coupled to magnetization dynamics in metallic ferromagnets. The collective spin density couples to the spin current through a U(1) Berry-phase gauge field determined by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-01-04 Clement H. Wong , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

We demonstrate that the spin Hall effect in a thin film with strong spin-orbit scattering can excite magnetic precession in an adjacent ferromagnetic film. The flow of alternating current through a Pt/NiFe bilayer generates an oscillating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Luqiao Liu , Takahiro Moriyama , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman

Nonlinear spin polarization occurring in the second order of driving electric current is the dominant source of nonequilibrium magnetization in centrosymmetric or weakly noncentrosymmetric nonmagnetic materials, and induces nonlinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-08 Ruda Guo , Yue-Xin Huang , Xiaoxin Yang , Yi Liu , Cong Xiao , Zhe Yuan

Current-induced spin-orbit torques in Co$_2$FeAl/Pt ultrathin bilayers are studied using a magnetoresistive harmonic response technique, which distinguishes the dampinglike and fieldlike contributions. The presence of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 T. A. Peterson , A. P. McFadden , C. J. Palmstrøm , P. A. Crowell

We report measurements of the thickness and temperature (T) dependencies of current-induced spin-orbit torques, especially the field-like (FL) component, in various heavy metal (HM)/normal metal (NM) spacer/ferromagnet (FM)/Oxide (MgO and…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-11-02 Yongxi Ou , Chi-Feng Pai , Shengjie Shi , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman

A theoretical framework is proposed for the spin-current driven synchronized self-oscillations in ferromagnets in the spin Hall geometry. The spin current generated by the spin Hall effect in a bottom nonmagnetic heavy metal excites a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-17 Tomohiro Taniguchi

The domain wall motion in a magnetic nanowire is examined theoretically in the regime where the domain wall driving force is weak and its competition against disorders is assisted by thermal agitations. Two types of driving forces are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-06 Jisu Ryu , Sug-Bong Choe , Hyun-Woo Lee

A theoretical study on how synchronization and resonance-like phenomena in superparamagnetic tunnel junctions can be driven by spin-transfer torques is presented. We examine the magnetization of a superparamagnetic free layer that reverses…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 Artur Accioly , Nicolas Locatelli , Alice Mizrahi , Damien Querlioz , Luis G. Pereira , Julie Grollier , Joo-Von Kim

Current-induced spin torque and magnetization dynamics in the presence of spin Hall effect in magnetic textures is studied theoretically. The local deviation of the charge current gives rise to a current-induced spin torque of the form…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Aurelien Manchon , Kyung-Jin Lee

Contrary to conventional wisdom that spin dynamics induced by current are exclusive to metallic magnets, we theoretically predict that such phenomena can also be realized in magnetic insulators, specifically in the magnetoelectric…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-07 R. M. Dubrovin , Z. V. Gareeva , A. V. Kimel , A. K. Zvezdin