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Quantum interference effects in rings provide suitable means for controlling spin at mesoscopic scales. Here we apply such a control mechanism to the spin-dependent transport in a ballistic quasi one dimensional ring patterned in two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Bellucci , P. Onorato

We simulated spin polarized transport of electrons along III-V nanowires and two dimensional III-V channels using semi classical Monte Carlo method. Properties of spin relaxation length have been investigated in different III-V zinc-blende…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-14 Swetali Nimje , Ashutosh Sharma , Bahniman Ghosh

The recent experimental conductance measurements taken on magnetic impurities on metallic surfaces, using scanning tunneling microscopy technique and suggesting occurrence of inelastic scattering processes, are theoretically addressed. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-06-20 J. Fransson

In anisotropic crystals, the direction-dependent effective mass of carriers can have a profound impact on spin transport dynamics. The puckered crystal structure of black phosphorus (BP) leads to direction-dependent charge transport and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-26 Luke Cording , Jiawei Liu , Jun You Tan , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Ahmet Avsar , Barbaros Özyilmaz

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

We investigate how spins relax in intrinsic graphene. The spin-orbit coupling arises from the band structure and is enhanced by ripples. The orbital motion is influenced by scattering centers and ripple-induced gauge fields. Spin relaxation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 D. Huertas-Hernando , F. Guinea , A. Brataas

We report a mechanical effect in spin-valve nanopillars due to spin transfer. A polarized current carrying electron spins transfers torque to local magnetization and leads to a magnetic switching of free layer. Like classical Einstein-de…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-02-21 Hao Yu

Using the semiclassical theory of electron dynamics, we derive a gauge-invariant expression for the spin toroidization in a periodical crystal. We show that the spin toroidization is comprised of two contributions: one is due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-02 Yang Gao , David Vanderbilt , Di Xiao

We use semiclassical Monte Carlo approach along with spin density matrix calculations to model spin polarized electron transport. The model is applied to germanium nanowires and germanium two dimensional channels to study and compare spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-06-23 Ashish Kumar , Bahniman Ghosh

It is shown that the spin-orbit coupling due to structure inversion asymmetry leads to a characteristic anisotropy in the magnetoconductance of two-dimensional metals. Relevance for recent experiments is discussed.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Raimondi , M. Leadbeater , P. Schwab , E. Caroti , C. Castellani

A spin valve is a prototype of spin-based electronic devices found on ferromagnets, in which an antiferromagnet plays a supporting role. Recent findings in antiferromagnetic spintronics show that an antiferromagnetic order in single-phase…

We present a general unifying theory for spin polarization decay due to the interplay of spin precession and momentum scattering that is applicable to both spin-1/2 electrons and spin-3/2 holes. Our theory allows us to identify and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Dimitrie Culcer , Roland Winkler

Artificial spin ice is a special class of engineered lattice of highly shape anisotropic single domain magnetic nanostructures which is used as one of the model systems to study the spin ice behavior observed in pyrochlore oxides. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-22 Nimisha Arora , Pintu Das

An anomalous (inverse) spin accumulation in the nonmagnetic spacer may build up when the spin valve consists of magnetic films having different spin symmetries. This leads to wavy-like dependence of spin-transfer torque on the angle between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-12 E. Jaromirska , P. Balaz , L. Lopez Diaz , J. Barnas

The altermagnet exhibits the nonrelativistic spin splitting that enables all-electrical generation of spin-polarized currents beyond the spin-orbit coupling. Here, we report on a study on the anisotropic spin-polarized conductivity in…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-25 Mingbo Dou , Xianjie Wang , L. L. Tao

We study spin polarization induced by locally injected electric currents in a metal whose spin--orbit coupling reflects its structural chirality. We reveal both spin polarization in the bulk in the linear response and antiparallel spin…

We predict theoretically that, when a normal metallic thin film (without bulk spin-orbit coupling, such as Cu or Al) is sandwiched by two insulators, two prominent effects arise due to the interfacial spin-orbit coupling: a giant spin-Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-22 Xuhui Wang , Jiang Xiao , Aurelien Manchon , Sadamichi Maekawa

The electrical response of two diffusive metals is studied when they are linked by a magnetic insulator hosting a topologically stable (superfluid) spin current. We discuss how charge currents in the metals induce a spin supercurrent state,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-14 So Takei , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

Superfluid spin transport $-$ dissipationless transport of spin $-$ is theoretically studied in a ferromagnetic insulator with easy-plane anisotropy. We consider an open geometry where spin current is injected into the ferromagnet from one…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 So Takei , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

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