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Optical control of electronic spins is the basis for ultrafast spintronics: circularly polarized light in combination with spin-orbit coupling of the electronic states allows for spin manipulation in condensed matter. However, the…
We present a theoretical study of the optical angular momentum transfer from a circularly polarized plane wave to thin metal nanoparticles of different rotational symmetries. While absorption has been regarded as the predominant mechanism…
We introduce the continuity equation for the electromagnetic spin angular momentum (SAM) in matter and discuss the torque associated with the SAM transfer in terms of effective spin forces acting in a material. In plasmonic metal, these…
The influence of a single magnetic cluster in a non-magnetic host metal on the spin current $\mathbf{j}^{(s)}$ and the charge current $\mathbf{j}$ in the vicinity of a ferromagnetic STM tip is studied theoretically. Spin-flip processes due…
The theory of spin orientation of two-dimensional (2D) electron gas has been developed for intrasubband indirect optical transitions. The monopolar optical orientation of electrons in the conduction band is caused by the indirect scattering…
We study the possibility of the generation of the photo-induced image currents at a distance from the surface of nano-sized metal clusters by using time-dependent perturbation theory. We reveal that the wave function of an electron excited…
We propose an effect whereby an electric current along the interface between a ferromagnetic and normal metal leads to injection of pure spin current into the normal metal, if the magnetization-direction in the ferromagnet varies along the…
We show how the spin-transfer torque generated by an ac voltage may be used to excite a paramagnetic resonance of an atomic spin deposited on a metallic surface. This mechanism is independent of the environment of the atom and may explain…
When electron spins are injected uniformly into a paramagnetic disc, they can precess along the demagnetizing field induced by the resulting magnetic moment. Normally this precession damps out by virtue of the spin relaxation which is…
We study the charge density, form factors and spin distributions of the electron induced by its |e \gamma> light-front Fock state in impact parameter space. Only transversally compact Fock states contribute to the leading behavior of the…
The propagation of surface plasmon polariton at an interface of metallic thin film and chiral sculptured thin film theoretically has been investigated using the transfer matrix method in the Kretschman configuration. The optical absorption…
The developments in the field of quantum optics raise expectations that laser-matter coupling is a promising building block for magnonics. Here, we propose a method for the generation of direct and alternating spin currents of magnons…
Using a scattering matrix approach, the precession of the magnetization of a ferromagnet is shown to transfer spins into adjacent normal metal layers. This ``pumping'' of spins slows down the precession corresponding to an enhanced Gilbert…
We report experimental evidence of a mechanism that supports and intensifies induced magnetization at optical frequencies without the intervention of spin-orbit or spin-spin interactions. Energy-resolved spectra of scattered light, recorded…
We consider properties of a two-dimensional electron system in a random magnetic field. It is assumed that the magnetic field not only influences orbital electron motion but also acts on the electron spin. For calculations, we suggest a new…
Following the theoretical approach by Xiao et al [Phys. Rev. B 81, 214418 (2010)] to the spin Seebeck effect, we calculate the mean value of the total spin current flowing through a normalmetal/ ferromagnet interface. The spin current…
Spin current plays a central role in spintronics. In particular, finding more efficient ways to generate spin current has been an important issue and studied actively. For example, representative methods of spin current generation include…
We show that local injection of pure spin current into an electrically disconnected ferromagnetic - normal-metal sandwich induces electric currents, that run along closed loops inside the device, and are powered by the source of the spin…
We study electric polarization and nonlinear optical effects in spin systems with broken inversion symmetry. We apply strong coupling expansion to the underlying electronic Hamiltonians, and systematically derive expressions for electric…
Intrinsic spin currents are encountered in noncentrosymmetric crystals without any external electric fields; these currents are caused by spin-orbit interaction. In this paper, various theoretical aspects of this phenomenon in bulk…