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Altermagnets (AMs) - magnetic materials that have spin-split bandstructure with zero net spin polarization can be classified as weak or strong depending upon the strength of altermagnetic term in the Hamiltonian. We theoretically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-18 Shubham Ghadigaonkar , Sachchidanand Das , Abhiram Soori

We predict a supercurrent-driven N\'eel spin-orbit torque in a superconductor/$d$-wave altermagnet heterostructure, associated with the emergence of spin-triplet correlations. The effect can be understood as a consequence of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Hamed Vakili , Moaz Ali , Igor Žutić , Alexey A. Kovalev

We consider current-induced spin-transfer torque on an antiferromagnet in a dual spin-valve setup. It is demonstrated that a net magnetization may be induced in the AFM by partially or completely aligning the sublattice magnetizations via a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jacob Linder

Efficient manipulation of the N\'eel vector in antiferromagnets can be induced by generation of spin orbit (SOT) or spin-transfer (STT) torques. Here we predict another possibility for antiferromagnetic domain switching by using a non-zero…

Altermagnetism has recently emerged as a distinct class of collinear antiferromagnets that break time-reversal symmetry, exhibiting a host of novel properties. Applied strain has attracted particular attention as a key tuning parameter for…

Interplay between magnetic ordering and topological electrons not only enables new topological phases but also underpins electrical control of magnetism. Here we extend the Kane-Mele model to include the exchange coupling to a collinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-22 Junyu Tang , Hantao Zhang , Ran Cheng

We report measurements demonstrating that when the Neel vector of the collinear antiferromagnet RuO2 is appropriately canted relative to the sample plane, the antiferromagnet generates a substantial out of plane damping-like torque. The…

Non-collinear antiferromagnetic Weyl semimetals, combining the advantages of a zero stray field and ultrafast spin dynamics as well as a large anomalous Hall effect and the chiral anomaly of Weyl fermions, have attracted extensive…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-15 Yongcheng Deng , Xionghua Liu , Yiyuan Chen , Zongzheng Du , Nai Jiang , Chao Shen , Enze Zhang , Houzhi Zheng , Hai-Zhou Lu , Kaiyou Wang

The electrical switching of antiferromagnet (AFM) is very important for the development of ultrafast magnetic random-access memory (MRAM). This task becomes more difficult in antiferromagnetic oxide NiO which has complex anisotropy. We show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-13 Yixiao Qiao , Zhengde Xu , Zhuo Xu , Yumeng Yang , Zhifeng Zhu

Altermagnetic order, characterized by the N\'{e}el vector, breaks time-reversal symmetry (TRS) even in the nonrelativistic limit. Although spin-polarized and anomalous transport phenomena emerge with this order, they are mutually…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-22 Zheyuan Liu , Shinichiro Asai , Shingo Takahashi , Hiraku Saito , Taro Nakajima , Takatsugu Masuda

Field-free deterministic switching of perpendicular ferromagnets is a central challenge for spintronics applications, typically requiring explicit symmetry breaking. Here we show that deterministic switching can instead be achieved through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Naomi Fokkens , Fei Xue

We suggest coherent switching of canted antiferromagnetic (AFM) spins using spin-orbit torque (SOT) in small magnet. The magnetic system of orthoferrite features biaxial easy anisotropy and the Dzyaloshinskii Moriya interaction, which is…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-08-18 T. H. Kim , S. Hwang , S. Y. Hamh , S. H. Yoon , S. H. Han , B. K. Cho

The detection of N\'eel vector switching in a single-layer A-type antiferromagnet marks an important step toward functional two-dimensional spintronics. Here, Cr$_2$S$_3$-2D, grown on graphene on Ir(110), is established as a first…

Non-collinear antiferromagnets (nAFMs) with a small net magnetic moment offer new opportunities for ultrafast spintronic devices, owing to unique physical properties. While in ferromagnets and collinear AFMs the spin current polarization is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-18 Ping Tang , Gerrit E. W. Bauer

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

We achieve current-induced switching in collinear insulating antiferromagnetic CoO/Pt, with fourfold in-plane magnetic anisotropy. This is measured electrically by spin Hall magnetoresistance and confirmed by the magnetic field-induced…

Recent research works have shown that the magnetic order in some antiferromagnetic materials can be manipulated and detected electrically, due to two physical mechanisms: Neel-order spin-orbit torques and anisotropic magnetoresistance.…

We study dynamics of antiferromagnets induced by simultaneous application of dc spin current and ac charge current, motivated by the requirement of all-electrically controlled devices in THz gap (0.1-30 THz). We show that ac electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-03 O. Gomonay , T. Jungwirth , J. Sinova

Topological antiferromagnetic (AFM) spintronics is an emerging field of research, which involves the topological electronic states coupled to the AFM order parameter known as the N$\acute{\rm e}$el vector. The control of these states is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 Hiroyuki Takenaka , Shane Sandhoefner , Alexey A. Kovalev , Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

We present theoretical description of the precessional switching processes induced by simultaneous application of spin-polarized current and external magnetic field to antiferromagnetic component of the "pinned" layer. We found stability…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-05-29 Helen V. Gomonay , Vadim M. Loktev