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We consider theoretically the impact of Rashba spin-orbit coupling on spin torque oscillators (STOs) in synthetic ferromagnets and antiferromagnets that have either a bulk multilayer or a thin film structure. The synthetic magnets consist…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-27 Øyvind Johansen , Jacob Linder

Rashba spin orbit torque derived from the broken inversion symmetry at ferromagnet/heavy metal interfaces has potential application in spintronic devices. In conventional description of the precessional and damping components of the Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-12 D. Wang , Yan Zhou

We compute the spin-orbit torque in a transition metal heterostructure using Slater-Koster parameterization in the two-center tight-binding approximation and accounting for d-orbitals only. In this method, the spin-orbit coupling is modeled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 G. Manchon , S. Ghosh , C. Barreteau , A. Manchon

Intensive studies of the interplay between spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and electronic correlations in transition metal compounds have recently been undertaken. In particular, $j_{\rm eff}$ = 1/2 bands on a honeycomb lattice provide a pathway…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-24 Heung-Sik Kim , V. Vijay Shankar , Andrei Catuneanu , Hae-Young Kee

We use the $\mathbf{k} \cdot \mathbf{p}$ theory and the envelope function approach to evaluate the Rashba spin-orbit coupling induced in a semiconductor nanowire by a magnetic field at different orientations, taking explicitely into account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 P. Wójcik , A. Bertoni , G. Goldoni

Current-driven spin torques in metallic spin-valves composed of antiferromagnets are theoretically studied using the non-equilibrium Green's function method implemented on a tight-binding model. We focus our attention on G-type and L-type…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Hamed Ben Mohamed Saidaoui , Xavier Waintal , Aurelien Manchon

Cu2(pymca)3(ClO4) (pymca: pyrimidine-2-carboxylate) consists of a slightly distorted honeycomb lattice of Cu2+ spins, which shows no long-range magnetic order down to 0.6 K. A magnetization study revealed 1/3 and 2/3 plateau phases [A.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-11 Masaaki Matsuda , Alexander I. Kolesnikov , Zentaro Honda , Tokuro Shimokawa , Sho Inoue , Yasuo Narumi , Masayuki Hagiwara

We present an experimental study of macroscopic and microscopic magnetic anisotropy of a spin tetramer system \cso using torque magnetometry and ESR spectroscopy. Large rotation of macroscopic magnetic axes with temperature observed from…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-08-08 Mirta Herak , Dijana Žilić , Dubravka Matković Čalogović , Helmuth Berger

We report on the experimental results of magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, electron spin resonance (ESR), and high-field magnetization measurements on a polycrystalline sample of the spin-$1/2$ distorted honeycomb-lattice…

We present a spin-rotation-invariant Green-function theory for the dynamic spin susceptibility in the spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a stacked honeycomb lattice. Employing a generalized mean-field approximation for arbitrary…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-03-27 A. A. Vladimirov , D. Ihle , N. M. Plakida

A spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance study is performed in epitaxial $\mathrm{Fe / Ir_{15}Mn_{85}}$ bilayers with different Fe thicknesses. We measure a negative spin-Hall angle of a few percent in the antiferromagnetic IrMn in contrast to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-04 V. Tshitoyan , P. Wadley , M. Wang , A. W. Rushforth , A. J. Ferguson

Motivated by the recent discovery of high temperature antiferromagnet SrRu$_2$O$_6$ and its potential to be the parent of a new superconductor, we construct a minimal $t_{2g}$-orbital model on a honeycomb lattice to simulate its low energy…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-08-11 Da Wang , Wan-Sheng Wang , Qiang-Hua Wang

The nature of the effective spin Hamiltonian and magnetic order in the honeycomb iridates is explored by considering a trigonal crystal field effect and spin-orbit coupling. Starting from a Hubbard model, an effective spin Hamiltonian is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-07-10 Subhro Bhattacharjee , Sung-Sik Lee , Yong Baek Kim

Theory of Rashba spin-orbit coupling in magnetic metals is worked out from microscopic Hamiltonian describing d-orbitals. When structural inversion symmetry is broken, electron hopping between $d$-orbitals generates chiral ordering of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-07 Jin-Hong Park , Choong H. Kim , Hyun-Woo Lee , Jung Hoon Han

Spin-orbit coupling in inversion-asymmetric magnetic crystals and structures has emerged as a powerful tool to generate complex magnetic textures, interconvert charge and spin under applied current, and control magnetization dynamics.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 A. Manchon , J. Zelezný , I. M. Miron , T. Jungwirth , J. Sinova , A. Thiaville , K. Garello , P. Gambardella

We study the two-dimensional Hubbard model with the Rashba type spin-orbit coupling within and beyond the mean-field theory. The antiferromagnetic ground state for the model at half-filling and the Cooper pairing induced by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-23 Jingxiang Zhao , Qiang Gu

Recent studies have shown that the non-relativistic antiferromagnetic ordering could generate momentum-dependent spin splitting analogous to the Rashba effect, but free from the requirement of relativistic spin-orbit coupling. Whereas the…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-16 Lin-Ding Yuan , Zhi Wang , Jun-Wie Luo , Alex Zunger

We numerically investigate finite-momentum superconductivity in noncentrosymmetric metallic altermagnets with $d$-wave spin-splitting and strong Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling. Focusing on a stripe phase in which Cooper pairs acquire…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-21 Kohei Mukasa , Yusuke Masaki

Realization of efficient spin-orbit torque switching of the N\'eel vector in insulating antiferromagnets is a challenge, often complicated by spurious effects. Quantifying the spin-orbit torques in antiferromagnet/heavy metal…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-25 Igor Lyalin , Hantao Zhang , Justin Michel , Daniel Russell , Fengyuan Yang , Ran Cheng , Roland K. Kawakami

Magnetic switching in antiferromagnets relies on Neel spin orbit torque (NSOT), which originates from a current-induced staggered spin polarization of itinerant electrons. In collinear antiferromagnets, such a response requires the spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Sayan Sarkar , Amit Agarwal