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In our JunPy package, we have combined the first-principles calculated self-consistent Hamiltonian with divide-and-conquer technique to successfully determine the magnetic anisotropy (MA) in an Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). We…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-08-21 Bao-Huei Huang , Yu-Hsiang Fu , Chao-Cheng Kaun , Yu-Hui Tang

The conditions of field and voltage for inducing steady state excitations in fully perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions (pMTJs), adapted for memory applications, were numerically investigated by the resolution of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-09-09 Alexandru Atitoaie , Ioana Firastrau , Liliana D. Buda-Prejbeanu , Ursula Ebels , Marius Volmer

We report on a magnetic field sensor based on CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions. By taking advantage of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the CoFeB/MgO interface, the magnetization of the sensing layer is tilted out-of-plane…

We propose an electrically driven spin injector into normal metals and semiconductors, which is based on a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) subjected to a microwave voltage. Efficient functioning of such an injector is provided by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-16 A. I. Nikitchenko , N. A. Pertsev

Microwave detectors based on the spin-transfer torque diode effect are among the key emerging spintronic devices. By utilizing the spin of electrons in addition to charge, they have the potential to overcome the theoretical performance…

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) are key elements in practical spintronics, enabling not only conventional tasks such as data storage, transmission, and processing but also the implementation of compute-in-memory processing elements,…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-12-09 Maksim Stebliy , Alex Jenkins , Luana Benetti , Ricardo Ferreira

Magnetic tunnel junction-based molecular spintronics devices (MTJMSDs) are designed by covalently connecting the paramagnetic molecules across two ferromagnets (FM) electrodes of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). MTJMSD provides…

The high current density required by Magnetic Tunneling Junction (MTJ) switching driven by Spin Transfer Torque (STT) effect leads to large power consumption and severe reliability issues therefore hinder the timetable for STT Magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-01 Lang Zeng , Tianqi Gao , Deming Zhang , Shouzhong Peng , Fanghui Gong , Xiaowan Qin , Mingzhi Long , Youguang Zhang , Weisheng Zhao

We discuss a spin-transfer torque device, where the role of the soft ferromagnetic layer is played by a magnetic particle or a magnetic molecule, in weak tunnel contact with two spin polarized leads. We investigate if the magnetization of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-19 P. Gartland , D. Davidovic

We observe both dc voltage rectification and frequency conversion that occur when a reference microwave current is injected to a MgO based magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). The rectification that is spin-transfer torque dependent is observed…

Spin transfer torque oscillators (STOs) based on magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices are emerging as a possible replacement for complementary metal-oxide semiconductors for radio-frequency (RF) signal generation. Advantages include low…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-07-04 Supriyo Maji

Spin-valve based nanojunctions incorporating Co|Ni multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy were used to study spin-torque driven ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) in a nonlinear regime. Perpendicular field swept resonance lines were…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 W. Chen , G. de Loubens , J-M. L. Beaujour , J. Z. Sun , A. D. Kent

We report time-resolved measurements of magnetization switching by spin-orbit torques in the absence of an external magnetic field in perpendicularly magnetized magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ). Field-free switching is enabled by the dipolar…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-12 Viola Krizakova , Kevin Garello , Eva Grimaldi , Gouri Sankar Kar , Pietro Gambardella

We have investigated Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) induced ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) assisted Spin Transfer Torque (STT) switching of perpendicular MTJ (p-MTJ) with inhomogeneities using micromagnetic simulations that include the effect…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-22 Walid Al Misba , Md. Mahadi Rajib , Dhritiman Bhattacharya , Jayasimha Atulasimha

Inplane magnetization reversal of a permalloy/platinum bilayer was detected using the spin rectification effect. Using a sub GHz microwave frequency to excite spin torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST FMR) in the bilayer induces two discrete…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-12-30 Motomi Aoki , Ei Shigematsu , Ryo Ohshima , Syuta Honda , Teruya Shinjo , Masashi Shiraishi , Yuichiro Ando

We report the rectifying effect of a constant-wave radio frequency (RF) current by a magnetic domain wall (DW) on a single-layered ferromagnetic wire. A direct-current (DC) voltage is generated by the spin torque diode effect, which is a…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-06-13 A. Yamaguchi , T. Ono , Y. Suzuki , S. Yuasa , H. Miyajima

Spin-torque driven ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) is used to study thin Co/Ni synthetic layers with perpendicular anisotropy confined in spin-valve based nanojunctions. Field swept ST-FMR measurements were conducted with a magnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-01-07 W. Chen , J-M. L. Beaujour , G. de Loubens , A. D. Kent , J. Z. Sun

We report on a highly efficient spin diode effect in an exchange-biased spin-valve giant magnetoresistance (GMR) strips. In such multilayer structures, symmetry of the current distribution along the vertical direction is broken and, as a…

By integrating the local voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) effect, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) effect, and spin-orbit torque (SOT) effect, we propose a novel device structure for field-free magnetic tunnel junction…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-27 Rui Zhou , Haiyang Zhang , Hao Wang , Jin He , Qijun Huang , Sheng Chang

Recently discovered phase of collinear magnet called, altermagnet breaks time reversal symmetry (TRS), exhibits momentum-dependent spin-splitting of band structure with zero net magnetization. In this work, we theoretically investigate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Lovy Sharma , Manisha Thakurathi