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We discuss a possible mechanism of the spin-transfer induced oscillations of a vortex in the free layer of spin-valve nanostructures, in which the polarizer layer has a planar magnetization. We demonstrate that if such planar polarizer is…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-18 A. V. Khvalkovskiy , J. Grollier , N. Locatelli , Ya. V. Gorbunov , K. A. Zvezdin , V. Cros

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

We investigate the angular dependence of the spin torque generated when applying a temperature difference across a spin-valve. Our study shows the presence of a non-trivial fixed point in this angular dependence, i.e. the possibility for a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-29 David Luc , Xavier Waintal

Stochastic oscillators based on emerging nanodevices are attractive because of their ultra-low power requirement and ability to exhibit stochastic resonance, a phenomenon where synchronization to weak input signals is enabled due to ambient…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-19 Punyashloka Debashis , Aman K. Maskay , Pramey Upadhyaya , Zhihong Chen

We discuss the coherence of magnetic oscillations in a magnetic tunnel junction-based spin-torque oscillator as a function of external field angle. Time-frequency analysis shows mode-hopping between distinct oscillator modes, which arises…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-05-16 P. K. Muduli , O. G. Heinonen , J. Åkerman

We study the influence of the spin torque, which depends on the space and time derivative of magnetization, on magnetization reversal time in a ferromagnetic fine particle. The spin torque operates to dissipate the angular momentum of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-05 Kazushige Hyodo , Chiharu Mitsumata , Akimasa Sakuma

Spin-orbit-torque (SOT) induced magnetization switching in Co/Pt/Co trilayer, with two Co layers exhibiting magnetization easy axes orthogonal to each other is investigated. Pt layer is used as a source of spin-polarized current as it is…

Topological insulator (TI) surface states exert strong spin-orbit torques. When the magnetization is in the plane its interaction with the TI conduction electrons is non-trivial, and is influenced by extrinsic spin-orbit scattering. This is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-17 Mohsen Farokhnezhad , James H. Cullen , Dimitrie Culcer

We present a phenomenological theory of spin-orbit torques in a metallic ferromagnet with spin-relaxing boundaries. The model is rooted in the coupled diffusion of charge and spin in the bulk of the ferromagnet, where we account for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Hector Ochoa , Ricardo Zarzuela , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

Motivated by stability considerations and observational evidence, we argue that magnetars possess highly-tangled internal magnetic fields. We propose that the quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) seen to accompany giant flares can be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-25 Bennett Link , C. Anthony van Eysden

The Landau-Lifshitz equation for the magnetization dynamics of a single-domain magnetic system is solved using the methods of self-organization. The description takes into account the torque due to spin transfer. The potential energy of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 P. M. Gorley , P. P. Horley , V. K. Dugaev , J. Barnas , W. Dobrowolski

We propose a generalized stochastic Landau-Lifshitz equation and its corresponding Fokker-Planck equation for the magnetization dynamics in the presence of spin transfer torques. Since the spin transfer torque can pump a magnetic energy…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Z. Li , S. Zhang

Dynamic simulations of spin-transfer and spin-orbit torques are increasingly important for a wide range of spintronic devices including magnetic random access memory, spin-torque nano-oscillators and electrical switching of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Andrea Meo , Carenza E. Cronshaw , Sarah Jenkins , Amelia Lees , Richard F. L. Evans

Spin-orbit torque provides an efficient pathway to manipulate the magnetic state and magnetization dynamics of magnetic materials, which is crucial for energy-efficient operation of a variety of spintronic devices such as magnetic memory,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Hang Xie , Xin Chen , Ziyan Luo , Yihong Wu

Magnetic torques generated through spin-orbit coupling promise energy-efficient spintronic devices. It is important for applications to control these torques so that they switch films with perpendicular magnetizations without an external…

We consider dynamics of a charged particle in a finite along the $x$ direction square lattice in the presence of normal to the lattice plane magnetic field and in-plane electric field aligned with the $y$ axis. For vanishing magnetic field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-03 Iliya Yu. Chesnokov , Andrey R. Kolovsky

We study the spin mixing dynamics of ultracold spin-1 atoms in a weak non-uniform magnetic field with field gradient $G$, which can flip the spin from +1 to -1 so that the magnetization $m=\rho_{+}-\rho_{-}$ is not any more a constant. The…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-04-06 Jie Zhang , Baoguo Yang , Yunbo Zhang

Spin torque and spin Hall effect nanooscillators generate high intensity spin wave auto oscillations on the nanoscale enabling novel microwave applications in spintronics, magnonics, and neuromorphic computing. For their operation, these…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-19 M. Haidar , A. A. Awad , M. Dvornik , R. Khymyn , A. Houshang , J. Akerman

Spin-orbit torque in heavy metal/ferromagnet heterostructures with broken spatial inversion symmetry provides an efficient mechanism for manipulating magnetization using a charge current. Here, we report the presence of a spin torque in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-29 Ziyan Luo , Qi Zhang , Yanjun Xu , Yumeng Yang , Xinhai Zhang , Yihong Wu

We use micromagnetic simulations to map out and compare, the linear and auto-oscillating modes in constriction-based spin Hall nano-oscillators as a function of applied magnetic field with varying magnitude and out-of-plane angle. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Mykola Dvornik , Ahmad A. Awad , Johan Åkerman