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Spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memory (STT-MRAM) relies on nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) as its fundamental building blocks. Next-generation STT-MRAM requires strategies that simultaneously improve switching energy…

The reversal of the magnetization under the influence of a field pulse has been previously predicted to be an incoherent process with several competing phenomena such as domain wall relaxation, spin wave-mediated instability regions, and…

Electron-mediated voltage control of exchange coupling (EM-VCEC) has been proposed as a mechanism for magnetization switching via modulation of spin-dependent electron reflection. However, its experimental verification has been challenging…

The main objective of this work is to investigate theoretically how tilting of an easy axis of a single-molecule magnet (SMM) from the orientation collinear with magnetic moments of the leads affects the switching process induced by current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-14 Maciej Misiorny , Józef Barnas

Spintronics has advanced through discoveries of various electrically-driven spin dynamics in nanomagnets. Here, we report a novel switching dynamics of spin systems driven by spin-orbit torque, using a noncollinear antiferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Yuma Sato , Yutaro Takeuchi , Yuta Yamane , Shun Kanai , Shunsuke Fukami

We consider a biaxial macrospin with an easy and hard axis, and study its dynamical evolution under the combined effects of thermal noise and spin transfer torque. The spin-torque is associated with both a perpendicularly magnetized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Daniele Pinna , Daniel L. Stein , Andrew D. Kent

Optimal Transmission Switching (OTS) problems minimize operational costs while treating both the transmission line energization statuses and generator setpoints as decision variables. The combination of nonlinearities from an AC power flow…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-05 Babak Taheri , Daniel K. Molzahn

Control over quantum systems is typically achieved by time-dependent electric or magnetic fields. Alternatively, electronic spins can be controlled by spin-polarized currents. Here we demonstrate coherent driving of a single spin by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-26 Stepan Kovarik , Richard Schlitz , Aishwarya Vishwakarma , Dominic Ruckert , Pietro Gambardella , Sebastian Stepanow

This paper shows that the presence of two dynamical regimes, characterized by different precessional-axis, is the origin of the non-monotonic behavior of the output integrated power for large-amplitude magnetization precession driven by…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Siracusano , G. Finocchio , A. La Corte , G. Consolo , L. Torres , B. Azzerboni

This study explores the time-dependent spin transport phenomena in magnetic heterostructures under alternating currents (AC), advancing the relatively underdeveloped field of alternating spintronics. Employing a time-dependent spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Yunwen Liu , Jiang Xiao

Spin transport in magnetic tunnel junctions comprising a single magnetic layer in the presence of interfacial spin-orbit interaction (SOI) is investigated theoretically. Due to the presence of interfacial SOI, a current-driven spin torque…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Manchon

Chiral molecular junctions offer a promising platform for realizing chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS), where spin filtering occurs without external magnetic fields. Here, we investigate spin transport in such junctions by combining…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-19 Yu Wang , Ruihao Bi , Wei Liu , Jiayue Han , Wenjie Dou

We study the incubation and transition times that characterize the magnetization switching induced by spin-orbit torques in nanomagnets with perpendicular anisotropy. We present a phenomenological model to interpret the dependence of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-12 Giacomo Sala , Jan Meyer , Anne Flechsig , Laura Gabriel , Pietro Gambardella

We investigate magnetization reversal of two-body uniaxial Stoner particles, by injecting spin-polarized current through a spin-valve structure. The two-body Stoner particles perform synchronized dynamics and can act as an information bit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-11 Z. Z. Sun , J. Schliemann

We achieve current-induced switching in collinear insulating antiferromagnetic CoO/Pt, with fourfold in-plane magnetic anisotropy. This is measured electrically by spin Hall magnetoresistance and confirmed by the magnetic field-induced…

The ability of spintronic devices to utilize an electric current for manipulating the magnetization has resulted in large-scale developments, such as, magnetic random access memories and boosted the spintronic research area. In this regard,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-22 Rajagopalan Ramaswamy , Jong Min Lee , Kaiming Cai , Hyunsoo Yang

We experimentally demonstrate single-spin magnetometry with multi-pulse sensing sequences. The use of multi-pulse sequences can greatly increase the sensing time per measurement shot, resulting in enhanced ac magnetic field sensitivity. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-03-16 G. de Lange , D. Ristè , V. V. Dobrovitski , R. Hanson

The spin injection and accumulation in metallic lateral spin valves with transparent interfaces is studied using d.c. injection current. Unlike a.c.-based techniques, this allows investigating the effects of the direction and magnitude of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-06-12 Fèlix Casanova , Amos Sharoni , Mikhail Erekhinsky , Ivan K. Schuller

The theoretical limit of the minimal magnetization switching field and the optimal field pulse design for uniaxial Stoner particles are investigated. Two results are obtained. One is the existence of a theoretical limit of the smallest…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Z. Z. Sun , X. R. Wang

The magnetic vortex structure, an important ground state configuration in micron and sub-micron sized ferromagnetic thin film platelets, is characterized by a curling in-plane magnetization and, in the center, a minuscule region with…