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We theoretically study the spin dynamics in antiferromagnets (AFs)under the influence of an electric current. We identify two different sources of spin-transfer torques that stem from uniform (${\boldsymbol v}_n$) and staggered…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Jotaro J. Nakane , Hiroshi Kohno

In this work, we investigate the steady propagation of 180-degree domain walls (180DWs) of N\'{e}el vectors in thin antiferromagnetic strips under perpendicularly injected spin currents with various polarization orientations. Our results…

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Compensated ferrimagnets, which break sublattice and time-reversal symmetries in the ground state, exhibit an isotropic ferromagnet-like spin splitting despite a vanishing net magnetization, in contrast to altermagnets with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-02 Xin Theng Lee , Takahiro Misawa , Mamoru Matsuo , Takeo Kato

Emerging altermagnetic materials with vanishing net magnetizations and unique band structures have been envisioned as an ideal electrode to design antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions. Their momentum-resolved spin splitting in band structures…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-21 Boyuan Chi , Leina Jiang , Yu Zhu , Guoqiang Yu , Caihua Wan , Jia Zhang , Xiufeng Han

The recent discovery of altermagnets, which exhibit spin splitting without net magnetization, opens new directions for spintronics beyond the limits of ferromagnets, antiferromagnets, and spin orbit coupled systems. We investigate spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Pei-Hao Fu , Qianqian Lv , Yong Xu , Jorge Cayao , Jun-Feng Liu , Xiang-Long Yu

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) are crucial components in high-performance spintronic devices. Traditional MTJs rely on ferromagnetic (FM) materials but significant improvements in speed and packing density could be enabled by exploiting…

Understanding the electrical manipulation of antiferromagnetic order is a crucial aspect to enable the design of antiferromagnetic devices working at THz frequency. Focusing on collinear insulating antiferromagnetic NiO/Pt thin films as a…

The spin-Hall effect describes the interconversion of charge currents and spin currents, enabling highly efficient manipulation of magnetization for spintronics. Symmetry conditions generally restrict polarizations of these spin currents to…

We develop a microscopic theory for the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) in N\'eel and canted phases of antiferromagnetic insulators. We calculate the DC spin current tunneling from the antiferromagnet to an attached metal, incorporating the…

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We demonstrate the possibility to drive an antiferromagnet domain-wall at high velocities by field-like N\'{e}el spin-orbit torques. Such torques arise from current-induced local fields that alternate their orientation on each sub-lattice…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-06 O. Gomonay , T. Jungwirth , J. Sinova

Emerging altermagnets with zero net magnetic moment and moment-dependent spin splitting offer a promising avenue for antiferromagnetic spintronic devices, yet their integration into magnetic tunnel junctions has been hindered by reliance on…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-16 Long Zhang , Guangxin Ni , Xuehao Wu , Guoying Gao

The emergence of altermagnets has driven groundbreaking advances in spintronics. Notably, d-wave altermagnets support non-relativistic spin transport, efficient charge-to-spin conversion, and T-odd spin currents. In addition, their…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-24 Qing Zhang , Siyun Wang , Jianting Dong , Jia Zhang

Spintronics is a field of electronics based on using the electron spin instead of its charge. The recent advance in the manipulation of pure spin currents, i.e. angular momentum transfer not associated to conventional charge currents, has…

Altermagnets demonstrate significant potential in spintronics due to their unique non-relativistic spin-splitting properties, yet altermagnetic devices still face challenges in efficiently switching logic states. Here, we report…

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Had magnetic monopoles been ubiquitous as electrons are, we would probably have had a different form of matter, and power plants based on currents of these magnetic charges would have been a familiar scene of modern technology. Magnetic…

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When a spin-polarized current flows through a ferromagnetic (FM) metal, angular momentum is transferred to the background magnetization via spin-transfer torques. In antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials, however, the corresponding problem is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Ran Cheng , Qian Niu

Spin-polarized antiferromagnets have recently gained significant interest because they combine the advantages of both ferromagnets (spin polarization) and antiferromagnets (absence of net magnetization) for spintronics applications. In…

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Spin-polarized transport is investigated in normal metal-superconductor (NS) junctions as a function of interface transmissivity as well as temperature when the density of states of a superconductor is Zeeman-split in response to an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-04-03 F. Giazotto , F. Taddei

Contrary to conventional wisdom that spin dynamics induced by current are exclusive to metallic magnets, we theoretically predict that such phenomena can also be realized in magnetic insulators, specifically in the magnetoelectric…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-07 R. M. Dubrovin , Z. V. Gareeva , A. V. Kimel , A. K. Zvezdin

Antiferromagnets offer an attractive platform for spintronics due to their absence of net magnetization and ultrafast spin dynamics, yet their intrinsically spin-compensated electronic structure has traditionally limited their active role…

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