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We show that an inhomogeneity in the spin-transfer torques in a metallic ferromagnet under suitable conditions strongly amplifies incoming spin waves. Moreover, at nonzero temperatures the incoming thermally occupied spin waves will be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 R. J. Doornenbal , A. Roldán-Molina , A. S. Nunez , R. A. Duine

Spin waves have been studied experimentally and by simulations in 1000 nm side equilateral triangular Permalloy dots in the Buckle state (B, with in-plane field along the triangle base) and the Y state (Y, with in-plane field perpendicular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-06-30 A. Lara , V. Metlushko , M. Garcia-Hernandez , F. G. Aliev

We theoretically propose a method of rectifying spin current with a linearly-polarized electromagnetic wave in inversion-asymmetric magnetic insulators. To demonstrate the proposal, we consider quantum spin chains as a simple example; these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-22 Hiroaki Ishizuka , Masahiro Sato

Coherent, self-sustained oscillation of magnetization in spin-torque oscillators (STOs) is a promising source for on-chip, nanoscale generation of microwave magnetic fields. Such fields could be used for local excitation of spin-wave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-08 H. Zhang , M. J. H. Ku , F. Casola , C. H. Du , T. van der Sar , M. C. Onbasli , C. A. Ross , Y. Tserkovnyak , A. Yacoby , R. L. Walsworth

Spin waves in magnetic insulators are low-damping signal carriers that could enable a new generation of spintronic devices. The excitation, control, and detection of spin waves by metal electrodes is crucial for interfacing these devices to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-14 Iacopo Bertelli , Brecht G. Simon , Tao Yu , Jan Aarts , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Yaroslav M. Blanter , Toeno van der Sar

Spin waves can induce domain wall motion in ferromagnets. We derive the equations of motion for a transverse domain wall driven by spin waves. Our calculations show that the magnonic spin-transfer torque does not cause rotation-induced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-06 Vetle Risinggård , Erlend Grytli Tveten , Arne Brataas , Jacob Linder

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 study the influence of spin waves on transport through a single-level quantum dot weakly coupled to ferromagnetic electrodes with noncollinear magnetizations. Side peaks appear in the differential conductance due to emission and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-15 Björn Sothmann , Jürgen König , Anatoli Kadigrobov

We develop a theoretical framework for inertial spin-wave dynamics in three-dimensional twisted soft-magnetic nanostrips, where curvature and torsion couple with magnetic inertia to generate terahertz (THz) magnetic oscillations. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-18 Massimiliano d'Aquino , Riccardo Hertel

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

Spin-orbit coupling in ferromagnets gives rise to the anomalous Hall effect and the anisotropic magnetoresistance, both of which can be used to create spin-transfer torques in a similar manner as the spin Hall effect. In this paper we show…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-11-19 Tomohiro Taniguchi , J. Grollier , M. D. Stiles

We investigate the effect of a direct current on propagating spin waves in a CoFeB/Ta bilayer structure. Using the micro-Brillouin light scattering technique, we observe that the spin wave amplitude may be attenuated or amplified depending…

Thin, metallic magnetic films can support nonreciprocal spin waves due to the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (iDMI). However, these films typically have high damping, making spin wave propagation distances short (less than…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-11 Cameron A McEleney , Karen L Livesey , Robert E Camley , Rair Macêdo

Spin-transfer torque and current induced spin dynamics in spin-valve nanopillars with the free magnetic layer located between two magnetic films of fixed magnetic moments is considered theoretically. The spin-transfer torque in the limit of…

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

We present a novel method that combines spin resonance spectroscopy with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), enabling localized in-situ detection of microwave (MW)-driven spin excitations. Our approach utilizes continuous wave MW…

Magnonic nano-devices exploit magnons -- quanta of spin waves -- to transmit and process information within a single integrated platform that has the potential to outperform traditional semiconductor-based electronics for low power…

Spin-based coherent information processing and encoding utilize the precession phase of spins in magnetic materials. However, the detection and manipulation of spin precession phases remain a major challenge for advanced spintronic…

Spin waves (SWs), the collective precessional motion of spins in a magnetic system, have been proposed as a promising alternative system with low-power consumption for encoding information. Spin Hall nano-oscillator (SHNO), a new-type…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Liyuan Li , Lina Chen , Ronghua Liu , Youwei Du

We theoretically propose a nonlinear spin-wave Doppler effect, in which the time-dependent motion of a magnetic energy boundary acts as an active frequency modulator, directly converting boundary-induced phase dynamics into instantaneous…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Jinchen Hou , Shaojie Hu , Long You

1D spin-wave conduits are envisioned as nanoscale components of magnonics-based logic and computing schemes for future generation electronics. `A-la-carte methods of versatile control of the local magnetization dynamics in such nanochannels…