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Nonlinear spin motion in ferromagnets is considered with nonlinearity due to three factors: (i) the sample is prepared in a strongly nonequilibrium state, so that evolution equations cannot be linearized as would be admissible for spin…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 V. I. Yukalov , M. G. Cottam , M. R. Singh

Focusing on the efficient probe and manipulation of single-particle spin states, we investigate the coupled spin and orbital dynamics of a spin 1/2 particle in a harmonic potential subject to ultrastrong spin-orbit interaction and external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-21 C. Echeverria-Arrondo , E. Ya. Sherman

We investigate quantum coherence of electron spin transported through a semiconductor spintronic device, where spins are envisaged to be controlled by electrical means via spin-orbit interactions. To quantify the degree of spin coherence,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Branislav K. Nikolic , Satofumi Souma

Using irreversible thermodynamics we show that current-induced spin transfer torque within a magnetic domain implies spin pumping of current within that domain. This has experimental implications for samples both with conducting leads and…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Wayne M. Saslow

Spin-valve structures are usually associated with the ability to modify the resistance of electrical currents. We here demonstrate a profoundly different effect of a spin-valve. In combination with a topological insulator and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-10-10 Morten Amundsen , Henning G. Hugdal , Asle Sudbø , Jacob Linder

We present a proposal for a fully electrically controllable quantum dot based spin current injector. The device consists of a quantum dot that is strongly coupled to a ferromagnetic electrode on one side and weakly coupled to a nonmagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-23 Szabolcs Csonka , Ireneusz Weymann , Gergely Zarand

Spin-polarized supercurrents can be generated with magnetic inhomogeneity at a ferromagnet/spin-singlet-superconductor interface. In such systems, complex magnetic inhomogeneity makes it difficult to functionalise the spin-polarized…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-11-04 M. S. Anwar , M. Kunieda , R. Ishiguro , S. R. Lee , C. Sow , J. W. A. Robinson , S. Yonezawa , T. W. Noh , Y. Maeno

Spontaneous spin polarization of the electrical current flowing through nonmagnetic semiconductor junctions can be generated by carrier scattering processes that are independent of the carrier spin. The two required elements for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yunong Qi , Michael E. Flatté

We propose a novel scheme to efficiently polarize and manipulate the electron spin in a quantum dot. This scheme is based on the spin-orbit interaction and it possesses following advantages: (1) The direction and the strength of the spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

Semiconductor spintronics will need to control spin injection phenomena in the non-linear regime. In order to study these effects we have performed spin injection measurements from a dilute magnetic semiconductor [(Zn,Be,Mn)Se] into…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Schmidt , C. Gould , P. Grabs , A. M. Lunde , G. Richter , A. Slobodskyy , L. W. Molenkamp

Theoretical investigations of spin transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions using the tight-binding model in the framework of non-equilibrium Green functions formalism are presented. We show that the behavior of the spin transfer torque…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Chshiev , I. Theodonis , A. Kalitsov , N. Kioussis , W. H. Butler

An exact-exchange spin-current Kohn-Sham method to treat non-collinear spin, magnetic effects, currents, spin-currents, and spin-orbit interactions self-consistently on equal footing is introduced. Spin-orbit interactions are shown to…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Stefan Rohra , Eberhard Engel , Andreas Goerling

In this work, we explore the possibility of enhancing a spin current under a thermal switch, i.e., connecting the central transport region to two leads in individual thermal equilibrium abruptly. Using the nonequilibrium Green's function…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Xiaobin Chen , Jiangtao Yuan , Gaomin Tang , Jian Wang , Zhaohui Zhang , Can-Ming Hu , Hong Guo

The spin injection and accumulation in metallic lateral spin valves with transparent interfaces is studied using d.c. injection current. Unlike a.c.-based techniques, this allows investigating the effects of the direction and magnitude of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-06-12 Fèlix Casanova , Amos Sharoni , Mikhail Erekhinsky , Ivan K. Schuller

It is argued that experiments on rotating superconductors provide evidence for the existence of macroscopic spin currents in superconductors in the absence of applied external fields. Furthermore it is shown that the model of hole…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 J. E. Hirsch

Non-equilibrium spin-dependent transport in magnetic tunnel junctions comprising a ferroelectric barrier is theoretically investigated. The exact solutions of the free electron Schr\"odinger equation for electron tunneling in the presence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-20 A. Useinov , A. Manchon

In a recent remarkable experiment [P. Roushan et al., Nature Physics 13, 146 (2017)], a spin current in an architecture of three superconducting qubits was produced during a few microseconds by creating synthetic magnetic fields. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-21 Manas Kulkarni , Sven M. Hein , Eliot Kapit , Camille Aron

We study tunneling currents in a model consisting of two non-unitary ferromagnetic spin-triplet superconductors separated by a thin insulating layer. We find a novel interplay between ferromagnetism and superconductivity, manifested in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 M. S. Gronsleth , J. Linder , J. -M. Borven , A. Sudbo

We study tunneling currents in a model consisting of two non-unitary ferromagnetic spin-triplet superconductors separated by a thin insulating layer. We find a novel interplay between ferromagnetism and superconductivity, manifested in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Gronsleth , J. Linder , J. -M-Borven , A. Sudbo

Spin-orbit torques offer a promising mechanism for electrically controlling magnetization dynamics in nanoscale heterostructures. While spin-orbit torques occur predominately at interfaces, the physical mechanisms underlying these torques…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Vivek P. Amin , Paul M. Haney , Mark D. Stiles