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We present an analytical framework capable of describing spin-waves dynamic in magnetic hetero-structures composed of a pair of exchange-decoupled magnetic layers separated by a nonmagnetic spacer, focusing in particular on garnet-based…

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In spite of the absence of a macroscopic magnetic moment, an anti-ferromagnet is spin-polarized on an atomic scale. The electric current passing through a conducting anti-ferromagnet is polarized as well, leading to spin-transfer torques…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-09-29 Yuan Xu , Shuai Wang , Ke Xia

We investigate spin dependent transport in hybrid superconductor(S)--normal-metal(N)--ferromagnet(F) structures under conditions of proximity effect. We demonstrate the feasibility of the absolute spin-valve effect for a certain interval of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Daniel Huertas-Hernando , Yu. V. Nazarov , W. Belzig

We examine transport properties of a magnetic superlattice with current perpendicular to the planes. In the limit that the phase-breaking and spin flip scattering lengths are greater than the system size, a multiple-scattering approach is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Seviour , S. Sanvito , C. J. Lambert , J. H. Jefferson

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

Antiferromagnets are magnetically ordered materials which exhibit no net moment and thus are insensitive to magnetic fields. Antiferromagnetic spintronics aims to take advantage of this insensitivity for enhanced stability, while at the…

The field of magnonics, which utilizes propagating spin waves for nano-scale transmission and processing of information, has been significantly advanced by the advent of the spin-orbit torque. The latter phenomenon can allow one to overcome…

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Mechanical metamaterials present a promising platform for seemingly impossible mechanics. They often require incompatibility of their elementary building blocks, yet a comprehensive understanding of its role remains elusive. Relying on an…

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Organic semiconductors find increasing importance in spin transport devices due to the modulation and control of their properties through chemical synthetic versatility. The organic materials are used as interlayers between two ferromagnet…

We develop a simple theoretical framework for transport in magnetic multilayers, based on Landauer-Buttiker scattering formalism and Random Matrix Theory. A simple transformation allows one to go from the scattering point of view to…

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The occurrence of inhomogeneous spin-density distribution in multilayered ferromagnetic diluted magnetic semiconductor nanostructures leads to strong dependence of the spin-polarized transport properties on these systems. The spin-dependent…

Magnetic skyrmions are localized, topologically protected spin-structures that have been proposed for storing or processing information due to their intriguing dynamical and transport properties. Important in terms of applications is the…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-06-07 B. Dupé , G. Bihlmayer , S. Blügel , S. Heinze

Ferromagnets are key materials for sensing and memory applications. In contrast, antiferromagnets that represent the more common form of magnetically ordered materials, have so far found less practical application beyond their use for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 J. Železný , P. Wadley , K. Olejník. A. Hoffmann , H. Ohno

We theoretically investigate spin-dependent transport in a TMD-based vertical spin valve, taking WSe$_2$ as a representative example. Using effective Hamiltonians for the heterostructure and the Landauer formula, we derive the transmission…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Yibo Wang , Yuchen Liu , Xinhe Wang , Wang Yang

An anomalous (inverse) spin accumulation in the nonmagnetic spacer may build up when the spin valve consists of magnetic films having different spin symmetries. This leads to wavy-like dependence of spin-transfer torque on the angle between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-12 E. Jaromirska , P. Balaz , L. Lopez Diaz , J. Barnas

All-solid-state nanoscale devices capable of efficiently controlling a heat flow are crucial for advanced thermal management technologies. Here we predict a magnon-driven magnetothermal resistance (mMTR) effect in multilayers of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-03 Ping Tang , Ken-ichi Uchida , Gerrit E. W. Bauer

We demonstrate the spin valve effect by ballistic transport in fully epitaxial MnAs ferromagnetic metal / GaAs semiconductor / GaAs:MnAs granular hybrid heterostructures. The GaAs:MnAs material contains ferromagnetic MnAs nanoparticles in a…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-06-27 Pham Nam Hai , Yusuke Sakata , Masafumi Yokoyama , Shinobu Ohya , Masaaki Tanaka

This study explores the time-dependent spin transport phenomena in magnetic heterostructures under alternating currents (AC), advancing the relatively underdeveloped field of alternating spintronics. Employing a time-dependent spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Yunwen Liu , Jiang Xiao

We report an observation of spin-valve like hysteresis within a few atomic layers at a ferromagnetic interface. We use phonon spectroscopy of nanometer sized point contacts as an in-situ probe to study the mechanism of the effect. Distinct…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 I. K. Yanson , Yu. G. Naidyuk , V. V. Fisun , A. Konovalenko , O. P. Balkashin , L. Yu. Triputen , V. Korenivski

The emerging field of nano-magnonics utilizes high-frequency waves of magnetization - the spin waves - for the transmission and processing of information on the nanoscale. The advent of spin-transfer torque has spurred significant advances…

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