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Antiferromagnets have garnered significant attention due to their negligible stray field and ultrafast magnetic dynamics, which are promising for high-density and ultrafast spintronic applications. Their dual functionality as both spin…

Control of magnetic order in antiferromagnets is a central challenge in the development of next-generation spintronic devices. Here, we propose and analyze magnetization switching driven by the field-derivative torque, a torque that…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-22 Pratyay Mukherjee , Ritwik Mondal

Louis Neel pointed out in his Nobel lecture that while abundant and interesting from a theoretical viewpoint, antiferromagnets did not seem to have any applications. Indeed, the alternating directions of magnetic moments on individual atoms…

Spin orbit interactions are rapidly emerging as the key for enabling efficient current-controlled spintronic devices. Much work has focused on the role of spin-orbit coupling at heavy metal/ferromagnet interfaces in generating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-10 Eduardo Martinez , Luis Torres , Noel Perez , Maria Auxiliadora Hernandez , Victor Raposo , Simone Moretti

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-18 Jiaxin Du , Mei Li , Bin Xi , Xue Zhang , Yi Sun , Chun-Gui Duan , Jie Lu

Electrical manipulation of magnetic order by current-induced spin torques lays the foundation for spintronics. One promising approach is encoding information in the N\'eel vector of antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials, particularly to…

The bias driven perpendicular magnetic anisotropy is a magneto-electric effect that can realize 90$^\circ$ magnetization rotation and even 180$% ^\circ $ flip along the easy axis in the ferromagnets with a minimal energy consumption. This…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Yuriy G. Semenov , Xi-Lai Li , Ki Wook Kim

The non-thermal optical control of magnetic order offers a promising route to ultrafast, energy-efficient information technologies. Although optical manipulation of magnetism in metals has been extensively studied, experimentally…

The ultimate control of magnetic states of matter at femtosecond (or even faster) timescales defines one of the most pursued paradigm shifts for future information technology. In this context, ultrafast laser pulses developed into extremely…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-15 Hanan Hamamera , Filipe Souza Mendes Guimarães , Manuel dos Santos Dias , Samir Lounis

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

Spintronics has advanced through discoveries of various electrically-driven spin dynamics in nanomagnets. Here, we report a novel switching dynamics of spin systems driven by spin-orbit torque, using a noncollinear antiferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Yuma Sato , Yutaro Takeuchi , Yuta Yamane , Shun Kanai , Shunsuke Fukami

The controlled switching between two quasi-stable Neel states in adsorbed anti-ferromagnetic Fe chains has recently been achieved by Loth et al [Science 335, 196 (2012)]. In order to rationalize their data, we evaluate the rate of tunneling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-30 Jean-Pierre Gauyacq , Simeon Moises Yaro , Xavier Cartoixa , Nicolas Lorente

Ultrafast spin dynamics in a magnetically compensated rare earth iron garnet film driven by femtosecond optical pulses through the inverse Faraday effect is theoretically investigated. Numerical simulations based on the equations of motion…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-15 N. I. Gribova , D. O. Ignatyeva , N. A. Gusev , A. K. Zvezdin , V. I. Belotelov

The family of monolayer two-dimensional (2D) materials hosts a wide range of interesting phenomena, including superconductivity, charge density waves, topological states and ferromagnetism, but direct evidence for antiferromagnetism in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-12 Zhuoliang Ni , A. V. Haglund , H. Wang , B. Xu , C. Bernhard , D. G. Mandrus , X. Qian , E. J. Mele , C. L. Kane , Liang Wu

Reducing energy dissipation while increasing speed in computation and memory is a long-standing challenge for spintronics research. In the last 20 years, femtosecond lasers have emerged as a tool to control the magnetization in specific…

Altermagnets have recently emerged as promising materials for next-generation spintronic devices. For their device applications, realizing a single-domain configuration is essential but remains challenging. We theoretically consider…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-15 Seungyun Han , Insu Baek , Kyoung-Whan Kim , Hyun-Woo Lee , Suik Cheon

Here we consider the magnetization dynamics in ferromagnetic nanoparticles or films driven by external magnetic field pulses directed transverse to the initial equilibrium state. The excitation pulse drives large-angle ultra-fast…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-10-23 Alessandro Fortunati , Massimiliano d'Aquino , Claudio Serpico

A method of ultrafast switching of ferroelectric polarization is suggested. The method is based on the interaction of a ferroelectric sample with the feedback field of a resonator in which the sample is inserted. The polarization reversal…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-03-20 V. I. Yukalov , E. P. Yukalova

We investigate the ultrafast magnetization dynamics of semiconducting antiferromagnetic CrSBr using real-time time-dependent density functional theory. In zero magnetic field, laser excitation modifies only the magnetization along the easy…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-16 Ali Kefayati , Yafei Ren

An electrical current can transfer spin angular momentum to a ferromagnet. This novel physical phenomenon, called spin transfer, offers unprecedented spatial and temporal control over the magnetic state of a ferromagnet and has tremendous…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Wei , A. Sharma , A. S. Nunez , P. M. Haney , R. A. Duine , J. Bass , A. H. MacDonald , M. Tsoi