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We investigate spin dynamics in the antiferromagnetic (AFM) multiferroic TbMnO3 using optical- pump, terahertz (THz)-probe spectroscopy. Photoexcitation results in a broadband THz transmission change, with an onset time of 25 ps at 6 K that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-12-21 P. Bowlan , S. A. Trugman , X. Wang , Y. M. Dai , S. -W. Cheong , E. D. Bauer , A. J. Taylor , D. A. Yarotski , R. P. Prasankumar

When a spin-polarized current flows through a ferromagnetic (FM) metal, angular momentum is transferred to the background magnetization via spin-transfer torques. In antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials, however, the corresponding problem is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Ran Cheng , Qian Niu

We investigate, by experiments and numerical simulations, thermal activation processes of Josephson tunnel junctions in the presence of microwave radiation. When the applied signal resonates with the Josephson plasma frequency oscillations,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-08-28 N. Grønbech-Jensen , M. G. Castellano , F. Chiarello , M. Cirillo , C. Cosmelli , V. Merlo , R. Russo , G. Torrioli

A key challenge in spintronics is to efficiently generate and manipulate spin current for information processing. Here we study ultrashort spin transport and associated terahertz (THz) emission in a hybrid structure comprising gold…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-26 H. Y. Yuan , Rembert A. Duine

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

Antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials possess a well-recognized potential for ultrafast data processing thanks to their intrinsic ultrafast spin dynamics, absence of stray fields, and large spin transport effects. The very same properties,…

The low power manipulation of magnetization is currently a highly sought-after objective in spintronics. Non ferromagnetic large spin-orbit coupling heavy metal (NM) / ferromagnet (FM) heterostructures offer interesting elements of response…

Antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials with zero or vanishingly small macroscopic magnetization are nowadays the constituent elements of spintronic devices. However, possibility to use them as active elements that show nontrivial controllable…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-30 Helen V. Gomonay , Roman Kunitsyn , Vadim M. Loktev

In the framework of phenomenological model we consider dynamics of a compensated collinear antiferromagnet (AFM) in the presence of spin-polarised current. The model is based on the assumption that AFM spins are localised and spin torque is…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-03-16 H. Gomonay , V. Loktev

We study theoretically antiferromagnet (AFM) based spin-Hall nano-oscillators (SHNOs) consisting of a nano-constriction (NC) in a thin-film uniaxial AFM. By solving the derived SW equation we evidence radially propagating spin waves (SWs)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-14 Mohammad Hamdi , Dirk Grundler

The influence of uniaxial single-ion anisotropy -DSz^2 on the magnetic and thermal properties of Heisenberg antiferromagnets (AFMs) is investigated. The uniaxial anisotropy is treated exactly and the Heisenberg interactions are treated…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-05-15 David C. Johnston

An ideal layered $\hat{x}$-polarized antiferromagnet (AFM) between two antialigned $\pm \hat{z}$ polarized ferromagnetic (FM) contacts transmits no current due to a $\pi$ phase difference of the matrix elements coupling the spin degenerate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-22 Nima Djavid , Roger K. Lake

Excitation of coherent high-frequency magnons (quanta of spin waves) is critical to the development of high-speed magnonic devices. Here we computationally demonstrate the excitation of coherent sub-terahertz (THz) magnons in ferromagnetic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 Shihao Zhuang , Jia-Mian Hu

Bloch-Bloembergen-Slonczewski equation is adopted to simulate magnetization dynamics in spin-valve based spin-transfer torque oscillator with synthetic antiferromagnet acting as a free magnetic layer. High frequency up to the terahertz…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Hai Zhong , Shizhu Qiao , Shishen Yan , Hong Zhang , Yufeng Qin , Lanju Liang , Dequan Wei , Yinrui Zhao , Shishou Kang

The unique functionalities of antiferromagnets offer promising routes to advance information technology. Their compensated magnetic order leads to spin resonances in the THz-regime, which suggest the possibility to coherently control…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-06 Christian Tzschaschel , Takuya Satoh , Manfred Fiebig

We theoretically and numerically elucidate the electrical control over spin waves in antiferromagnetic materials (AFM) with biaxial anisotropies and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions. The spin wave dispersion in an AFM manifests as a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-11-21 T. H. Kim , Jung-Il Kim , Geun-Ju Kim , Kwang-Ho Jang , G. -M. Choi

We considered a planar Josephson junction which is composed of two s-wave superconducting contacts deposited on the top of a thin antiferromagnetic (AFM) disordered metal film. In such a system noticeable Josephson currents may be observed,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-09 A. G. Mal'shukov

We theoretically and numerically study the terahertz auto oscillations in thin-film metallic non-collinear coplanar antiferromagnets (AFMs), such as $\mathrm{Mn_{3}Sn}$ and $\mathrm{Mn_{3}Ir}$, under the effect of anti-damping spin-torque…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Ankit Shukla , Shaloo Rakheja

Current flowing is studied in magnetic junctions consisting of a ferromagnetic metal (FM), antiferromagnetic conductor (AFM) and a nonmagnetic metal closing the electric circuit. The FM layer with high anisotropy and pinned spins of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-11-22 Yu. V. Gulyaev , P. E. Zilberman , E. M. Epshtein

An antiferromagnet emits spin currents when time-reversal symmetry is broken. This is typically achieved by applying an external magnetic field below and above the spin-flop transition or by optical pumping. In this work we apply optical…