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In this communication we study the behaviour of spin current components in a ballistic junction consisting of two semi-infinite leads and a scattering region composed of two magnetic layers separated by a non-magnetic metallic spacer. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-02 Valentin Fadeev , Andrey Umerski

We investigate the non-collinear exchange coupling across the trilayer magnetic junction composed of an intermediate layer with Rashba interaction and two sandwiching ferromagnetic ones. To compute the mediated exchange coupling, one needs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Wen-Min Huang , Cheng-Hung Chang , Hsiu-Hau Lin

The interlayer coupling between (Ga,Mn)As ferromagnetic layers in all-semiconductor superlattices is studied theoretically within a tight-binding model, which takes into account the crystal, band and magnetic structure of the constituent…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Sankowski , P. Kacman

We experimentally study the interlayer interaction in a magnetic multilayer system ferromagnet/insulator/ferromagnet with different spacer thickness. We demonstrate that the sign and the magnitude of the interaction can be deduced from the…

The manipulation of the antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling in the epitaxial Fe/Cr/Fe(001) trilayer system by moderate 5 keV He ion beam irradiation has been investigated experimentally. It is shown that even for irradiation with very low…

We consider mechanism of exchange coupling based on interaction between electrons in nonmagnetic layer. Depending on ratio of inverse time of diffusion of electrons between ferromagnetic layers and ferromagnetic splitting of conducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Zyuzin A. Yu

The electric-field control of magnetism is a highly promising and potentially effective approach for achieving energy-efficient applications. In recent times, there has been significant interest in the magneto-ionic effect in synthetic…

By means of magneto-optical Kerr effect we observe for the first time antiferromagnetic coupling between ferromagnetic layers across an amorphous metallic spacer layer. Biquadratic coupling occurs at the transition from a ferromagnetically…

This work explores the static and dynamic magnetic properties of weakly antiferromagnetically coupled Fe/Ti superlattices, emphasizing the link between magnetic behavior and structural characteristics. HRTEM and XRD analyses confirm…

We perform first-principles calculations for the three multilayer systems (100)-Co_1/Cu_n, -NiCo_2Ni/Cu_n and -Co_4/Cu_n, and find from a comparison x of the results for system 2 and 3 that amplitude and phase of the exchange coupling are…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 S. Krompiewski , F. Süss , U. Krey

We demonstrate, using computer simulations and a non-equilibrium Greens function approach, that the sign of the out-of-equilibrium interlayer exchange coupling (ooeIEC) can change in the presence of an externally applied electrical bias.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Nathan A. Walker , Alex D. Durie , Andrey Umerski

Indirect exchange coupling in magnetic multilayers, also known as the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interaction, is known to be highly effective in controlling the interlayer alignment of the magnetization. This coupling is typically…

The interlayer exchange coupling mediated by valence band electrons in all-semiconductor IV-VI magnetic/nonmagnetic superlattices is studied theoretically. A 3D tight-binding model, accounting for the band and magnetic structure of the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Blinowski , P. Kacman

The interlayer exchange coupling mediated by the valence band electrons in $\textrm{(MnTe)}_{\textrm{m}} \textrm{(ZnTe)}_{\textrm{n}}$ superlattices has been examined theoretically. The calculations have been performed within the framework…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Wasowicz

Ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayers are interfaced with normal metal/ferromagnetic bilayers to form F*/AF/N/F valves. The N-spacer thickness is chosen such that it mediates strong indirect exchange (RKKY) between the outer magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-22 D. M. Polishchuk , M. Persson , M. M. Kulyk , G. Baglioni , B. A. Ivanov , V. Korenivski

We study the combined effect of temperature and disorder in the spacer on the interlayer exchange coupling. The temperature dependence is treated on ab initio level. We employ the spin-polarized surface Green function technique within the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-08 Vaclav Drchal , Josef Kudrnovsky , Patrick Bruno , Peter Dederichs , Peter Weinberger

We report on a general principle using the interlayer exchange coupling to extend the regime of chiral magnetic films in which stable or metastable magnetic skyrmions can appear at zero magnetic field. We verify this concept on the basis of…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-05-25 Ashis Kumar Nandy , Nikolai S. Kiselev , Stefan Blügel

The bulk Rashba semiconductors BiTeX (X=I, Cl and Br) with intrinsically enhanced Rashba spin-orbit coupling provide a new platform for investigation of spintronic and magnetic phenomena in materials. We theoretically investigate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-17 Mahmoud M. Asmar , Wang-Kong Tse

It is shown that the coupling between magnetic layers separated by non-magnetic metallic superlattices can decay exponentially as a function of the spacer thickness $N$, as opposed to the usual $N^{-2}$ decay. This effect is due to the lack…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. S. Ferreira , J. d'Albuquerque e Castro , R. B. Muniz , L. C. Lopes

We present a first-principles study to understand the phenomena of interlayer exchange coupling in Fe/Nb multilayers using the linearized-muffin-tin-orbitals method within the generalized gradient approximation. We find that the exchange…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-12-11 Nitya Nath Shukla , A. Sen , R. Prasad