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In this work, we theoretically study the magnon spin transport in easy-plane antiferromagnetic insulators in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field. By exactly calculating the magnon spectrum, we find the band splitting due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Ka Shen

Recent experiments observe the spin-wave-Meissner-current modes in ferromagnetic insulator-superconductor heterostructures, in which the coherently excited spin waves seemingly do not decay as usual beneath the superconductor strip [Borst…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-17 Xi-Han Zhou , Xiyin Ye , Lihui Bai , Tao Yu

Excitation of magnetization dynamics by pure spin currents has been recently recognized as an enabling mechanism for spintronics and magnonics, which allows implementation of spin-torque devices based on low-damping insulating magnetic…

Controlling magnon densities in magnetic materials enables driving spin transport in magnonic devices. We demonstrate the creation of large, out-of-equilibrium magnon densities in a thin-film magnetic insulator via microwave excitation of…

We present a systematic study of the temperature dependence of diffusive magnon spin transport, using a non-local device geometry. In our measurements, we detect spin signals arising from electrical and thermal magnon generation, and we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-09 Ludo J. Cornelissen , Bart J. van Wees

We investigated the effect of an external magnetic field on the diffusive spin transport by magnons in the magnetic insulator yttrium iron garnet (YIG), using a non-local magnon transport measurement geometry. We observed a decrease in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-27 L. J. Cornelissen , B. J. van Wees

The interface between a ferro-/ferrimagnetic insulator and a normal metal can support spin currents polarized collinear with and perpendicular to the magnetization direction. The flow of angular momentum perpendicular to the magnetization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-23 David A. Reiss , Piet W. Brouwer

Nambu-Goldstone theorem provides gapless modes to both relativistic and nonrelativistic systems. The Nambu-Goldstone bosons in insulating magnets are called magnons or spin-waves and play a key role in magnetization transport. We review…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-24 Kouki Nakata , Pascal Simon , Daniel Loss

The control of pure spin currents carried by magnons in magnetic insulator (MI) garnet films with a robust perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) is of great interest to spintronic technology as they can be used to carry, transport and…

The quanta of magnetic excitations - magnons - are known for their unique ability to undergo Bose-Einstein condensation at room temperature. This fascinating phenomenon reveals itself as a spontaneous formation of a macroscopic coherent…

This review provides a comprehensive study of the nonlinear transport properties of magnons, which are electrically emitted or absorbed inside extended YIG films by spin transfer effects via a YIG$\vert$Pt interface. Our purpose is to…

We theoretically investigate laser-induced spin transport in metallic magnetic heterostructures using an effective spin transport description that treats itinerant electrons and thermal magnons on an equal footing. Electron-magnon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-27 Maarten Beens , Rembert A. Duine , Bert Koopmans

All-electrical generation and detection of pure spin currents is a promising way towards controlling the diffusive magnon transport in magnetically ordered insulators. We quantitatively compare two measurement schemes, which allow to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-10 Janine Gückelhorn , Tobias Wimmer , Stephan Geprägs , Hans Huebl , Rudolf Gross , Matthias Althammer

In spintronics the propagation of spin-wave excitations in magnetically ordered materials can also be used to transport and process information. One of the most popular materials in this regard is the ferrimagnetic insulator…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Rouven Dreyer , Niklas Liebing , Eric R. J. Edwards , Andreas Müller , Georg Woltersdorf

Spin transport of magnonic excitations in uniaxial insulating antiferromagnets (AFs) is investigated. In linear response to spin biasing and a temperature gradient, the spin transport properties of normal-metal--insulating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-05 Roberto E. Troncoso , Scott A. Bender , Arne Brataas , Rembert A. Duine

Electron-magnon coupling at the interface between a normal metal and a magnetically ordered insulator modifies the electrical conductivity of the normal metal, an effect known as spin-Hall magnetoresistance. It can also facilitate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Oliver Franke , Duje Akrap , Piet W. Brouwer

Using one of the methods of quantum nonequilibrium statistical physics we have investigated the spin transport transverse to the normal metal/ferromagnetic insulator interface in hybrid nanostructures. An approximation of the effective…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 I. I. Lyapilin , M. S. Okorokov , V. V. Ustinov

A theoretical formulation for spin transport through an antiferromagnetic (AF) insulator is presented in the case driven/detected by direct/inverse spin Hall effect in two heavy metal contacts. The spin signal is shown to be transferred by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-15 Gen Tatara , Christian Ortiz Pauyac

Motivated by recent experimental work, we consider spin transport between a normal metal and a gapped quantum paramagnet. We model the latter as the magnonic Mott-insulating phase of an easy-plane ferromagnetic insulator. We evaluate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-27 Camilo Ulloa , R. A. Duine

Pure spin currents, i.e. the transport of angular momentum without an accompanying charge current, represent a new, promising avenue in modern spintronics from both a fundamental and an application point of view. Such pure spin currents can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Matthias Althammer