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Spatially varying magnetic textures can exhibit electric-current-induced dynamics as a result of the spin-transfer torque effect. When such a magnetic system is electrically driven, an electric field is generated, which is called the…

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When spin polarised electrons flow through a magnetic texture a transfer torque is generated. We examine the effect of this torque on skyrmions and skyrmion bags, skyrmionic structures of arbitrary integer topological degree, in thin…

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We consider the influence of a spin accumulation in a normal metal on the magnetic statics and dynamics in an adjacent magnetic insulator. In particular, we focus on arbitary angles between the spin accumulation and the easy-axis of the…

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Magnetic skyrmions are topological spin textures promising for future high-density and nonvolatile memory. It is crucial to understand the current-driven skyrmion dynamics in the presence of deformation, of which an analytical model,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-13 Zehan Chen , Xichao Zhang , Yan Zhou , Qiming Shao

Persistent current generation by small polarons embedded in a spin-density wave background in a two dimensional lattice is theoretically studied. When the embedded small polarons become cores of merons and antimerons (vortices in spin…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Hiroyasu Koizumi

We demonstrate deterministic control of dipole-field-stabilized skyrmions by means of spin-orbit torques arising from heavy transition-metal seed layers. Experiments are performed on amorphous Fe/Gd multilayers that are patterned into wires…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-10-17 Sergio A. Montoya , Robert Tolley , Ian Gilbert , Soong-Geun Je , Mi-Young Im , Eric E. Fullerton

Extensive efforts are currently being devoted to developing a new electronic technology, called spintronics, where the spin of electrons is explored to carry information. [1,2] Several techniques have been developed to generate pure spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-02-10 Lalani K. Werake , Hui Zhao

Magnetic skyrmions, topologically stable spin textures, have attracted significant interest due to their potential applications in information storage and processing. They are typically stabilized by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-05 A. Vela Wac , F. A. Gómez Albarracín , D. C. Cabra

Spin-rotation coupling, which is responsible for angular momentum conversion between the electron spin and rotational deformations of elastic media, is exploited for generating spin current. This method requires neither magnetic moments nor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Mamoru Matsuo , Jun'ichi Ieda , Kazuya Harii , Eiji Saitoh , Sadamichi Maekawa

Efficient conversion between charge currents and spin signals is crucial for realizing magnet-free spintronic devices. However, the strong spin-orbit coupling that enables such a conversion, causes rapid relaxation of spins, making them…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-02 Evgenii Barts , Karma Tenzin , Jagoda Sławińska

Topologically secure spin configurations, such as skyrmions and bimerons, offer a compelling alternative to conventional magnetic domains, potentially enabling high-density, low-power spintronic devices. These pseudo-particles,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-14 Martín Latorre , Joaquín Barra , Juan Pablo Vera , Joaquín Martinez , Mario Castro , Sebastián Allende , Alvaro S. Nunez

Multi-functional manipulation of magnetic topological textures such as skyrmions and bimerons in energy-efficient ways is of great importance for spintronic applications, but still being a big challenge. Here, by first-principles…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-11-01 Zhong Shen , Shuai Dong , Xiaoyan Yao

Magnetic textures such as skyrmions in thin films grown on substrates possess significant technological potential. Inhomogeneous magnetic structures can be described as homogeneous ferromagnetic order in the presence of anisotropic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-03 Zachary Llewellyn , Eric Mascot , Oleg A. Tretiakov , Stephan Rachel

Magnetic skyrmions can be considered as topologically protected localized vortex-like spin textures. Due to their stability, their small size, and the possibility to move them by low electric currents they are promising candidates for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 Martin Stier , Wolfgang Häusler , Thore Posske , Gregor Gurski , Michael Thorwart

In chiral magnets without inversion symmetry, the magnetic structure can form a lattice of magnetic whirl lines, a two-dimensional skyrmion lattice, stabilized by spin-orbit interactions in a small range of temperatures and magnetic fields.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-29 Karin Everschor , Markus Garst , R. A. Duine , Achim Rosch

This article aims at giving a general presentation of spintronics, an important field of research developing today along many new directions in physics of condensed matter. We tried to present simply the physical phenomena involved in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-02 Albert Fert , Frédéric Nguyen van Dau

The discovery of the spin torque effect has made magnetic nanodevices realistic candidates for active elements of memory devices and applications. Magnetoresistive effects allow the read-out of increasingly small magnetic bits, and the spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-01-07 Nicolas Locatelli , Vincent Cros , Julie Grollier

Chiral phonons offer a route to transfer angular momentum without relying on magnetic order, but their electronic response in metals remains poorly understood from perspectives beyond spin-based scenarios. Using first-principles…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 A. Pezo , A. Manchon , Y. Nii , K. Ando , T. Kato

Spin-orbit torques offer a promising mechanism for electrically controlling magnetization dynamics in nanoscale heterostructures. While spin-orbit torques occur predominately at interfaces, the physical mechanisms underlying these torques…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Vivek P. Amin , Paul M. Haney , Mark D. Stiles

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-06 Boris Divinskiy , Vladislav E. Demidov , Sergei Urazhdin , Ryan Freeman , Anatoly B. Rinkevich , Sergej O. Demokritov