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We review a unified approach for computing: (i) spin-transfer torque in magnetic trilayers like spin-valves and magnetic tunnel junction, where injected charge current flows perpendicularly to interfaces; and (ii) spin-orbit torque in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-29 Branislav K. Nikolic , Kapildeb Dolui , Marko Petrović , Petr Plecháč , Troels Markussen , Kurt Stokbro

The mechanisms of the magnetization switching of magnetic multilayers driven by a current are studied by including exchange interaction between local moments and spin accumulation of conduction electrons. It is found that this exchange…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Zhang , P. M. Levy , A. Fert

In collinear magnets lacking inversion symmetry application of electric currents induces torques on the magnetization and conversely magnetization dynamics induces electric currents. The two effects, which both rely on spin-orbit…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-08-17 Frank Freimuth , Stefan Blügel , Yuriy Mokrousov

The subject of this study is spin transport through a molecular orbital connected to two leads, and coupled via exchange interaction with a precessing anisotropic molecular spin in a constant magnetic field. The inelastic spin-flip…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-02 Milena Filipović

We formulate a theory of current-induced spin torques in inhomogeneous III-V ferromagnetic semiconductors. The carrier spin-3/2 and large spin-orbit interaction, leading to spin non-conservation, introduce significant conceptual differences…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-13 Dimitrie Culcer , M. E. Lucassen , R. A. Duine , R. Winkler

We theoretically study the current-induced spin torque in antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions, composed of two semi-infinite antiferromagnetic layers separated by a tunnel barrier, in both clean and disordered regimes. We find that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 H. Saidaoui , A. Manchon , X. Waintal

Motivated by recent progress in employing two key classes of two-dimensional materials-topological insulators and transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs)-as spin sources for generating spin-orbit torque (SOT), we investigate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-01 Leyla Majidi , Azadeh Faridi , Reza Asgari

An applied electric current through a space-inversion asymmetric magnet induces spin-orbit torques (SOTs) on the magnetic moments, which holds much promise for future memory devices. We discuss general Green's function expressions suitable…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-11-19 Frank Freimuth , Stefan Blügel , Yuriy Mokrousov

Along with the progress of spin science and spintronics research, the flow of electron spins, (i.e. spin current), has attracted interest. New phenomena and electronic states were explained in succession using the concept of spin current.…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-20 Sadamichi Maekawa , Takashi Kikkawa , Hiroyuki Chudo , Jun'ichi Ieda , Eiji Saitoh

Using a pure electric current to control kagome noncollinear antiferromagnets is promising in information storage and processing, but a full description is still lacking, in particular, on intrinsic (i.e., no external magnetic fields or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-01 Yiyuan Chen , Z. Z. Du , Hai-Zhou Lu , X. C. Xie

We study the dynamics of a quantum spin Hall edge coupled to a magnet with its own dynamics. Using spin transfer torque principles, we analyze the interplay between spin currents in the edge state and dynamics of the axis of the magnet, and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-11 Qinglei Meng , Smitha Vishveshwara , Taylor L. Hughes

Current-induced torque is formulated based on the spin continuity equation. The formulation does not rely on the assumption of separation of local spin and charge degrees of freedom, in contrast to approaches based on the $s$-$d$ model or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-30 Gen Tatara , Peter Entel

We report the theoretical investigation of noise spectrum of spin current and spin transfer torque for non-colinear spin polarized transport in a spin-valve device which consists of normal scattering region connected by two ferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Yunjin Yu , Hongxin Zhan , Langhui Wan , Bin Wang , Yadong Wei , Qingfeng Sun , Jian Wang

Joint influence of two effects, namely, nonequilibrium spin injection by current, and current induced surface torque, on spin-valve type ferromagnetic metallic junctions is considered theoretically. The CPP configuration is assumed. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 R. J. Elliott , E. M. Epshtein , Yu. V. Gulyaev , P. E. Zilberman

We review the recently discovered spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) and related effects from a theoretical point of view. The SMR is observed in bilayers of a magnetic insulator and a metal, in which spin currents aregenerated in the normal…

Angular momentum transport in magnetic multilayered structures plays a central role in spintronic physics and devices. The angular momentum currents or spin currents are carried by either quasi-particles such as electrons and magnons, or by…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-04 Kai Chen , Weiwei Lin , C. L. Chien , Shufeng Zhang

We consider current-induced spin-transfer torque on an antiferromagnet in a dual spin-valve setup. It is demonstrated that a net magnetization may be induced in the AFM by partially or completely aligning the sublattice magnetizations via a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jacob Linder

Effects of an incoming spin-polarized current on a magnetic moment are explored. We found that the spin torque occurs only when the incoming spin changes as a function of time inside of the magnetic film. This implies that some…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Wonkee Kim , F. Marsiglio

Spin-orbit torque in heavy metal/ferromagnet heterostructures with broken spatial inversion symmetry provides an efficient mechanism for manipulating magnetization using a charge current. Here, we report the presence of a spin torque in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-29 Ziyan Luo , Qi Zhang , Yanjun Xu , Yumeng Yang , Xinhai Zhang , Yihong Wu

We study the influence of an electric current on a continuous non-collinear antiferromagnetic texture. Despite the lack of a net magnetic moment we find that the exchange interaction between conduction electrons and local magnetization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-24 A. C. Swaving , R. A. Duine