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We microscopically analyze thermal spin pumping mediated by magnons, at the interface between a ferromagnetic insulator and a non-magnetic metal, in the semiclassical regime. The generation of a spin current is discussed by calculating the…

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Converting magnetization spin to orbital current often relies on strong spin-orbit interaction that may cause additional angular momentum dissipation. We report that coherent magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanostructures can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-20 Chengyuan Cai , Hanchen Wang , Tao Yu

Voltage-driven spin transfer torques in magnetic tunnel junctions provide an outstanding tool to design advanced spin-based devices for memory and reprogrammable logic applications. The non-linear voltage dependence of the torque has a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Manchon

The dynamics of relativistic spinning particles in strong external electromagnetic or gravitational fields is discussed. Spin-orbit coupling is shown to affect such relativistic phenomena as time-dilation and perihelion shift. Possible…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-12 J. W. van Holten

In recent years, the optical control of exchange interactions has emerged as an exciting new direction in the study of the ultrafast optical control of magnetic order. Here we review recent theoretical works on antiferromagnetic systems,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-10-10 Johan. H. Mentink

We utilize a hybrid quantum-classical equation of motion approach to investigate the spin dynamics and spin-transfer torque in a spin valve under bias voltage. We show that the interplay between localized classical magnetic moments and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-28 Rudolf Smorka , Pavel Baláž , Michael Thoss , Martin Žonda

Orbital angular momentum has recently emerged as an important carrier of angular momentum in solids, offering new pathways for spin orbitronic functionality beyond conventional spin transport. Here, we investigate the orbital Hall effect…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Abhishek Erram , Akanksha Chouhan , Ashwin A. Tulapurkar

Unsteady nonlinear magnetization dynamics are studied in an easy-plane ferromagnetic channel subject to spin injection at one edge. The model Landau-Lifshitz equation is known to support steady-state solutions, termed dissipative exchange…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-22 Mingyu Hu , Ezio Iacocca , Mark Hoefer

In systems with strong spin-orbit coupling, the relationship between spin-transfer torque and the divergence of the spin current is generalized to a relation between spin transfer torques, total angular momentum current, and mechanical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Paul M. Haney , M. D. Stiles

We analyze quantum charge pumping in an open ring with a dot embedded in one of its arms. We show that cyclic driving of the dot levels by a \textit{single} parameter leads to a pumped current when a static magnetic flux is simultaneously…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Luis E. F. Foa Torres

The dynamics of a macrospin model for a single magnetic domain is investigated in two cases: (i) under the action of a periodic magnetic field and (ii) under the external field plus a spin transfer torque from spin-polarized current or spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-06 Weiyi Ren , Hao Yu

Motivated by several experimental efforts to understand spin diffusion and transport in ultracold fermionic gases, we study the spin dynamics of initially spin-polarized ensembles of harmonically trapped non-interacting spin-1/2 fermionic…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-09-16 Andrew P. Koller , Joshua Mundinger , Michael L. Wall , Ana Maria Rey

In ferromagnet/normal metal heterostructures, spin pumping and spin-transfer torques are two reciprocal processes that occur concomitantly. Their interplay introduces a dynamic feedback effect interconnecting energy dissipation channels of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-25 Ran Cheng , Jian-Gang Zhu , Di Xiao

We developed a parametrization of transmission probability that reliably captures essential elements of the tunneling process in magnetic tunnel junctions. The electronic structure of Fe/MgO system is calculated within the quasiparticle…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-01-31 Sergey V. Faleev , Oleg N. Mryasov , Mark van Schilfgaarde

We study the onset of spin superfluidity, namely coherent spin transport mediated by a topological spin texture, in frustrated exchange-dominated magnetic systems, engendered by an external magnetic field. We show that for typical device…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Ricardo Zarzuela , Daniel Hill , Jairo Sinova , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

We study theoretically the effect of a rotating electric field on a diffusive nanowire and find an effect that is analogous to spin pumping, which refers to the generation of spin through a rotating magnetic field. The electron spin couples…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 Eirik Holm Fyhn , Jacob Linder

We show that spin transfer torque from direct spin-polarized current applied parallel to a magnetic domain wall (DW) induces DW motion in a direction independent of the current polarity. This unidirectional response of the DW to spin torque…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-14 Carl T. Boone , Ilya N. Krivorotov

The interplay between spin, charge, and orbital degrees of freedom has led to the development of spintronic devices like spin-torque oscillators, spin-logic devices, and spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memories. In this…

Understanding the nature of magnetic interactions in ultra-small magnetic ensembles and their intrinsic properties is vital to uncover the dynamics therein. In this study we reveal the spin dynamics of hexagonally arranged Fe atoms on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-21 Tamene R. Dasa , Valeri S. Stepanyuk

Using the emission of the positively charged exciton as a probe, we analyze the dynamics of the optical pumping and the dynamics of the relaxation of a Mn spin exchange-coupled with a confined hole spin in a II-VI semiconductor quantum dot.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 B. Varghese , H. Boukari , L. Besombes