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Using a three-dimensional focused-ion beam lithography process we have fabricated nanopillar devices which show spin transfer torque switching at zero external magnetic fields. Under a small in-plane external bias field, a field-dependent…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 M. C. Wu , A. Aziz , D. Morecroft , M. G. Blamire , M. C. Hickey , M. Ali , G. Burnell , B. J. Hickey

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

In an inhomogeneously doped magnetic semiconductor, an interplay between an equilibrium magnetization and injected nonequilibrium spin leads to the spin-voltaic effect--a spin analogue of the photo-voltaic effect. By reversing either the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Igor Zutic , Jaroslav Fabian

Voltage-driven spin transfer torques in magnetic tunnel junctions provide an outstanding tool to design advanced spin-based devices for memory and reprogrammable logic applications. The non-linear voltage dependence of the torque has a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Manchon

We investigate the spin-dependent dynamical response of a quantum ring with a spin-orbit interaction upon the application of linearly polarized, picosecond, asymmetric electromagnetic pulses. The oscillations of the generated dipole moment…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Zhen-Gang Zhu , Jamal Berakdar

We investigate the dynamics of spin-nonequilibrium electron systems for the case when normal electron collisions prevail over the other scattering processes and the "hydrodynamic flow" regime is realized. The hydrodynamic equations for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-12 R. N. Gurzhi , A. N. Kalinenko , A. I. Kopeliovich , P. V. Pyshkin , A. V. Yanovsky

Soliton dynamics in spin-textured metals generate electrical currents, which produce backaction through spin torques. We modify the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation and the corresponding solitonic equations of motion to include such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-02-14 Clement H. Wong , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

We show that spin anisotropy can be transferred to an isotropic system by transport of spin quadrupole moment. We derive the quadrupole moment current and continuity equation and study a high-spin valve structure consisting of two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-18 Michael Baumgärtel , Michael Hell , Sourin Das , Maarten R. Wegewijs

We investigate the magnetization dynamics of a conducting magnetic nanoparticle weakly coupled to source and drain electrodes, under the assumption that all relaxation comes from exchange of electrons with the electrodes. The magnetization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xavier Waintal , Piet W. Brouwer

The paper proposes the method to analyze the internal dynamics of nanoscopic systems by periodic modulation of the electrochemical potentials of the attached leads and measuring the time-averaged current. The idea is presented using the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-15 Krzysztof Ptaszynski

In magnetic systems with dominating easy-plane anisotropy the magnetization can be described by an effective one dimensional equation for the in-plane angle. Re-deriving this equation in the presence of spin-transfer torques, we obtain a…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-06-24 Ya. B. Bazaliy

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

We theoretically investigate current-induced magnetization dynamics in chiral-lattice helimagnets. Spin-orbit coupling in non-centrosymmetric crystals induces a reactive spin-transfer torque that has not been previously considered. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-09 Kjetil M. D. Hals , Arne Brataas

The dynamic coupling between spin and charge currents in non-magnetic conductors is considered. As a consequence of this coupling, the spin dynamics is directly reflected in the electrical impedance of the sample, with a relevant frequency…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 P. S. Alekseev , M. I. Dyakonov

Spin accumulation voltages in a non-degenerate Si spin valve are discussed quantitatively as a function of electric bias current using systematic experiments and model calculations. As an open question in semiconductor spintronics, the…

The effects of a weak microwave field in the magnetization dynamics driven by spin-transfer-torque in spin-valves with perpendicular materials have been systematically studied by means of full micromagnetic simulations. In the system we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Mario Carpentieri , Giovanni Finocchio , Bruno Azzerboni , Luis Torres

Spin transport in magnetic tunnel junctions in the presence of spin diffusion is considered theoretically. Combining ballistic tunneling across the barrier and diffusive transport in the electrodes, we solve the spin dynamics equation in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 A Manchon , R. Matsumoto , H. Jaffres , J. Grollier

We present a two-current-pulse temporal correlation experiment to study the intrinsic subnanosecond nonequilibrium magnetic dynamics of a nanomagnet during and following a pulse excitation. This method is applied to a model spin-transfer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-06-25 H. Liu , D. Bedau , J. Z. Sun , S. Mangin , E. E. Fullerton , J. A. Katine , A. D. Kent

The switching of magnetic layers is studied under the action of a spin current in a ferromagnetic metal/non-magnetic metal/ferromagnetic metal spin valve. We find that the main contribution to the switching comes from the non-equilibrium…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. Heide , P. E. Zilberman , R. J. Elliott

Theoretical investigations of spin transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions using the tight-binding model in the framework of non-equilibrium Green functions formalism are presented. We show that the behavior of the spin transfer torque…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Chshiev , I. Theodonis , A. Kalitsov , N. Kioussis , W. H. Butler