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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…

We study the magnetization dynamics of thin-film magnetic elements with in-plane magnetization subject to a spin-current flowing perpendicular to the film plane. We derive a reduced partial differential equation for the in-plane…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-26 Ross G. Lund , Gabriel D. Chaves O'Flynn , Andrew D. Kent , Cyrill B. Muratov

We fabricate ferromagnetic nanowires with constrictions whose cross section can be reduced gradually from 100 nm to the atomic scale and eventually to the tunneling regime by means of electromigration. These devices are mechanically stable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-07 Kirill I. Bolotin , F. Kuemmeth , Abhay N. Pasupathy , D. C. Ralph

The transport properties of interacting electrons for which the spin degree of freedom is taken into account are numerically studied for small two dimensional diffusive clusters. On-site electron-electron interactions tend to delocalize the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Richard Berkovits , Jan W. Kantelhardt

We study the magnetic and transport properties of all-manganite heterostructures consisting of ferromagnetic metallic electrodes separated by an antiferromagnetic barrier. We find that the magnetic ordering in the barrier is influenced by…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-04-02 J. Salafranca , M. J. Calderon , L. Brey

We investigate magnetic anisotropy and magnetization reversal mechanism in chromium telluride thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy. We report existence of strong perpendicular anisotropy in these thin films, along with a relatively…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-10 Tanmoy Pramanik , Anupam Roy , Rik Dey , Amritesh Rai , Samaresh Guchhait , Hema CP Movva , Cheng-Chih Hsieh , Sanjay K Banerjee

Converse magnetoelectric coupling in artificial multiferroics is generally modelled through three possible mechanisms: charge transfer, strain mediated or ion migration. Here we demonstrate a novel and highly reliable approach, where…

A study of dynamic and reversible voltage controlled magnetization switching in ferromagnetic Co/Pt thin film with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at room temperature is presented. The change in the magnetic properties of the system is…

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), composed of two ferromagnetic electrodes separated by a thin insulating barrier layer, are currently used in spintronic devices, such as magnetic sensors and magnetic random access memories. Recently,…

We apply an analysis of time-dependent spin-polarized current in a semiconductor channel at room temperature to establish how the magnetization configuration and dynamics of three ferromagnetic terminals, two of them biased and third…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-20 L. Cywinski , H. Dery , L. J. Sham

Magnetization reversal in ferro- and ferrimagnets is a well-known archetype of non-equilibrium processes, where the volume fractions of the oppositely magnetized domains vary and perfectly compensate each other at the coercive magnetic…

We report on the evolution of ferromagnetic domain walls during magnetization reversal in elastically coupled ferromagnetic-ferroelectric heterostructures. Using optical polarization microscopy and micromagnetic simulations, we demonstrate…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-10-25 Kévin J. A. Franke , Tuomas H. E. Lahtinen , Sebastiaan van Dijken

All-electrical and programmable manipulations of ferromagnetic bits are highly pursued for the aim of high integration and low energy consumption in modern information technology. Methods based on the spin-orbit torque switching in heavy…

The magneto-electrostatic tailoring of the supercurrent in quantum point contact ballistic Josephson junctions is demonstrated. An etched InAs-based heterostructure is laterally contacted to superconducting niobium leads and the existence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-09 M. Amado , A. Fornieri , F. Carillo , G. Biasiol , L. Sorba , V. Pellegrini , F. Giazotto

Strain-coupled magnetoelectric (ME) phenomena in piezoelectric / ferromagnetic thin-film bilayers are a promising paradigm for sensors and information storage devices, where strain is utilized to manipulate the magnetization of the…

Spin-bottlenecks are created in magnetic-tunnel-junction devices by spatial inhomogeneity in the relative resistances for up and down spins. We propose a simple electrical circuit model for these devices which incorporates spin-bottleneck…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Jungwirth , A. H. MacDonald

Organic spintronic devices have been appealing because of the long spin life time of the charge carriers in the organic materials and their low cost, flexibility and chemical diversity. In previous studies, the control of resistance of…

Ferromagnet-ferroelectric-metal superlattices are proposed to realize the large room-temperature magnetoelectric effect. Spin dependent electron screening is the fundamental mechanism at the microscopic level. We also predict an electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-16 Tianyi Cai , Sheng Ju , Jaekwang Lee , Na Sai , Alexander A. Demkov , Qian Niu , Zhenya Li , Junren Shi , Enge Wang

Spintronic devices currently rely on magnetic switching or controlled motion of domain walls by an external magnetic field or spin-polarized current. Achieving the same degree of magnetic controllability using an electric field has…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-02-14 Tuomas H. E. Lahtinen , Kévin J. A. Franke , Sebastiaan van Dijken

Development of modern spintronic devices requires materials exhibiting specific magnetic effects. In this paper, we investigate a magnetization reversal mechanism in a [Co/Pdx]7/CoO/[Co/Pdy]7 thin-film composite where an antiferromagnet is…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-02-01 Marcin Perzanowski , Arkadiusz Zarzycki , Jakub Gregor-Pawlowski , Marta Marszalek