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For viable applications, spintronic devices based e.g. on domain wall motion need to be highly reliable with stable magnetization states and highly reproducible switching pathways transforming one state to another. The existence of multiple…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-22 Daniel Schönke , Robert M. Reeve , Hermann Stoll , Mathias Kläui

A spin-polarized current transfers its spin-angular momentum to a local magnetization, exciting current-induced magnetization dynamics. So far, most studies in this field have focused on the direct effect of spin transport on magnetization…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-16 Kyung-Jin Lee , M. D. Stiles , Hyun-Woo Lee , Jung-Hwan Moon , Kyoung-Whan Kim , Seo-Won Lee

The spin structure in a magnetic dot, which is an example of a quantum few-body system, is studied as a function of exchange coupling strength and dot size with in the semiclassical approximation on a discrete lattice. As the exchange…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Mohammad-Reza Mozaffari , Keivan Esfarjani

The torque generated by the transfer of spin angular momentum from a spin-polarized current to a nanoscale ferromagnet can switch the orientation of the nanomagnet much more efficiently than a current-generated magnetic field, and is…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. -T. Cui , J. C. Sankey , C. Wang , K. V. Thadani , Z. -P. Li , R. A. Buhrman , D. C. Ralph

It is shown that under appropriate conditions spin-transfer-driven magnetization dynamics in a single-domain nanomagnet is conservative in nature and admits a specific integral of motion, which is reduced to the usual magnetic energy when…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Giorgio Bertotti , Claudio Serpico , Isaak D. Mayergoyz

We present a time-resolved study of the magnetization dynamics in a microstructured Cr$|$Heusler$|$Pt waveguide driven by the Spin-Hall-Effect and the Spin-Transfer-Torque effect via short current pulses. In particular, we focus on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 T. Meyer , T. Brächer , F. Heussner , A. A. Serga , H. Naganuma , K. Mukaiyama , M. Oogane , Y. Ando , B. Hillebrands , P. Pirro

Spin-orbit coupling stands as a pivotal determinant in the realm of condensed matter physics. In recent, its profound influence on spin dynamics opens up a captivating arena with promising applications. Notably, the topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-06 Taekoo Oh , Naoto Nagaosa

Magnetic domain walls are pinned strongly by abrupt changes in magnetic anisotropy. When driven into oscillation by a spin-polarized current, locally pinned domain walls can be exploited as tunable sources of short-wavelength spin waves.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-29 Pavel Baláž , Sampo J. Hämäläinen , Sebastiaan van Dijken

This review describes in detail the essential techniques used in microscopic theories on spintronics. We have investigated the domain wall dynamics induced by electric current based on the $s$-$d$ exchange model. The domain wall is treated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-07 Gen Tatara , Hiroshi Kohno , Junya Shibata

Interplay between magnetization dynamics and electric current in a conducting ferromagnet is theoretically studied based on a microscopic model calculation. First, the effects of the current on magnetization dynamics (spin torques) are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 H. Kohno , S. Kawabata , T. Noguchi , S. Ueta , J. Shibata , G. Tatara

Magnetization switching due to a current-pulse in symmetric and asymmetric spin valves is studied theoretically within the macrospin model. The switching process and the corresponding switching parameters are shown to depend significantly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-12 Pavel Balaz , Martin Gmitra , Jozef Barnas

To optimize the design of STT-MRAM (spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory), it is necessary to be able to predict switching (error) rates. For small elements, this can be done using a single-macrospin theory since the element…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-04-15 P. B. Visscher , Kamaram Munira , Robert J. Rosati

The dynamics of a magnetic infinity-shaped nanostructure has been experimentally studied by two different techniques such as the sinusoidal resonance excitation and the damped short pulse excitation to measure the eigenfrequency of domain…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-11 Mahdi Jamali , Kulothungasagaran Narayanapillai , Jae Hyun Kwon , Hyunsoo Yang

We describe time-domain measurements which provide new information about the large-angle nonlinear dynamics of nanomagnets excited by spin-transfer torque from a spin-polarized current. Sampling-oscilloscope measurements, which average over…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 I. N. Krivorotov , N. C. Emley , R. A. Buhrman , D. C. Ralph

Spintronics has advanced through discoveries of various electrically-driven spin dynamics in nanomagnets. Here, we report a novel switching dynamics of spin systems driven by spin-orbit torque, using a noncollinear antiferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Yuma Sato , Yutaro Takeuchi , Yuta Yamane , Shun Kanai , Shunsuke Fukami

The magnetization reversal and dynamics of a spin valve pillar, whose lateral size is 64$\times$64 nm$^2$, are studied by using micromagnetic simulation in the presence of spin transfer torque. Spin torques display both characteristics of…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Z. Li , S. Zhang

Planar magnetic nanoelements, either single- or multi-layered, are exploited in a variety of current or forthcoming spintronic and/or ICT devices, such as read heads, magnetic memory cells, spin-torque nano-oscillators, nanomagnetic logic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-08-30 Giovanni Carlotti

We study the magnetization dynamics of thin-film magnetic elements with in-plane magnetization subject to a spin-current flowing perpendicular to the film plane. We derive a reduced partial differential equation for the in-plane…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-26 Ross G. Lund , Gabriel D. Chaves O'Flynn , Andrew D. Kent , Cyrill B. Muratov

We investigate the magnetization dynamics in nanomagnet vertices often found in artificial spin ices. Our analysis involves creating a simplified model that depicts edge magnetization using magnetic charges. We utilize the model to explore…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-15 Samuel D. Slöetjes , Matías P. Grassi , Vassilios Kapaklis

Magnetization reversal in magnetic nanostructures is investigated numerically over time-scales ranging from fast switching processes on a picosecond scale to thermally activated reversal on a microsecond time-scale. A simulation of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-24 D. Hinzke , U. Nowak