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Synthetic antiferromagnets host spin waves that are highly tunable. It is of practical interest to analyze the symmetry of their coupling to surface acoustic waves with the design of hybrid devices in view. For this we calculate the…

Spin torque from spin current applied to a nanoscale region of a ferromagnet can act as negative magnetic damping and thereby excite self-oscillations of its magnetization. In contrast, spin torque uniformly applied to the magnetization of…

Producing compact voltage-controlled frequency generators and sensors operating in the terahertz (THz) regime represents a major technological challenge. Here, we show that noncollinear antiferromagnets (NCAFM) with kagome structure host…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-20 Mike A. Lund , Davi R. Rodrigues , Karin Everschor-Sitte , Kjetil M. D. Hals

We simulate antiferromagnetic thin films. Dipole-dipole and antiferromagnetic exchange interactions as well as uniaxial and quadrupolar anisotropies are taken into account. Various phases unfold as the corresponding parameters, J, D and C,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. J. Alonso , J. F. Fernandez

We demonstrate the possibility to drive an antiferromagnet domain-wall at high velocities by field-like N\'{e}el spin-orbit torques. Such torques arise from current-induced local fields that alternate their orientation on each sub-lattice…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-06 O. Gomonay , T. Jungwirth , J. Sinova

We show that the drift-diffusion mechanism in a normal-metal layer in combination with the resonance electron-magnon interactions at ferromagnet-normal interface of F-N-F heterostucture creates spatial instability modes and, out of these…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2009-11-11 Pavel Levin

The magnetization evolution of the free layer in an orthogonal spin-torque device is studied based on a macrospin model. The trajectory of magnetization vector under various conditions has shown rich nonlinear properties. The phase diagram…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-05 Yuan Hui , Zheng Yang , Hao Yu

The spin-orbit torque induced by a topological insulator (TI) is theoretically examined for spin wave generation in a neighboring antiferromagnetic thin film. The investigation is based on the micromagnetic simulation of N\'{e}el vector…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-08-26 Xinyi Xu , Yuriy G. Semenov , Ki Wook Kim

We introduce a new class of spintronics devices in which a spin-valve like effect results from strong spin-orbit coupling in a single ferromagnetic layer rather than from injection and detection of a spin-polarized current by two coupled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Gould , C. Rüster , T. Jungwirth , E. Girgis , G. M. Schott , R. Giraud , K. Brunner , G. Schmidt , L. W. Molenkamp

Synthetic antiferromagnets offer a robust platform for stabilizing fractional topological textures, effectively circumventing the limitations of ferromagnetic systems. In this study, we utilize large-scale Monte Carlo simulations to…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-06 Gülşen Doğan , Ümit Akıncı

Nanoscale superlattices with uniaxial ferromagnetic layers antiferromagnetically coupled through non-magnetic spacers are recently used as components of magnetoresistive and recording devices. In the last years intensive experimental…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-24 U. K. Roessler , A. N. Bogdanov

Terahertz spintronics offers the prospect of devices which are both faster and more energy-efficient. A promising route to achieve this goal is to exploit current-induced spin-orbit torques. However, the high-frequency properties of these…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-21 Filipe S. M. Guimarães , Juba Bouaziz , Manuel dos Santos Dias , Samir Lounis

We determine, using a self consistent method, the charge and spin currents in ballistic Josephson junctions consisting of ferromagnetic ($F$) layers sandwiched between superconducting ($S$) electrodes ($SFS$-type junctions). When there are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-11-24 Klaus Halterman , Oriol T. Valls , Chien-Te Wu

In spite of the absence of a macroscopic magnetic moment, an anti-ferromagnet is spin-polarized on an atomic scale. The electric current passing through a conducting anti-ferromagnet is polarized as well, leading to spin-transfer torques…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-09-29 Yuan Xu , Shuai Wang , Ke Xia

Currents can induce spin excitations in antiferromagnets, even when they are insulating. We investigate how spin transfer can cause antiferromagnetic resonance in bilayers and trilayers that consist of one antiferromagnetic insulator and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-28 Øyvind Johansen , Hans Skarsvåg , Arne Brataas

It has been shown that the spin Hall effect from heavy transition metals can generate sufficient spin-orbit torque and further produce current-induced magnetization switching in the adjacent ferromagnetic layer. However, if the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-16 Yan-Ting Liu , Tian-Yue Chen , Tzu-Hsiang Lo , Tsung-Yu Tsai , Shan-Yi Yang , Yao-Jen Chang , Jeng-Hua Wei , Chi-Feng Pai

A new current induced spin-torque transfer effect has been observed in a single ferromagnetic layer without resorting to multilayers. At a specific current density of one polarity injected from a point contact, abrupt resistance changes due…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. Ji , C. L. Chien

An argument is made on the existence of a low-temperature itinerant antiferromagnetic (AF) spin alignment, rather than persistent helical (PH), in the ground state of a two dimensional electron gas in a semiconductor quantum well with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 D. C. Marinescu

We propose a novel concept of obtaining oscillations with frequencies in very-high frequency (VHF) and ultra-high frequency (UHF) bands. A traditional spin torque nano-oscillator (STNO) consists of at least one pinned layer (PL) and one…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-05 Gaurav Gupta , Zhifeng Zhu , Gengchiau Liang

We demonstrate a strong tunability of the spin-pumping contribution to magnetic damping in a thin-film ferromagnetic free layer interfaced with a synthetic ferrimagnet (SFM), acting as a spin-sink, via a thin Cu-spacer. The effect strongly…