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Antiferromagnetic Pure Spin Current Memdevices

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-03-24 v1 Materials Science Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

Spin currents can be generated through various mechanisms, including the piezospintronic effect, which arises when strain or lattice distortions induce a change in the dipolar spin moment, causing a pure spin current without necessarily being accompanied by net charge transport. This opens new possibilities for low-power information processing and novel device architectures. In this work, we propose a novel effect, the spintronic-magneto-impedictive effect, as the theoretical basis for a pure spin-current memory-like device based on antiferromagnetic components. We focus on materials that can be modeled by the so-called spin-Rice-Mele Hamiltonian, incorporating a magnetic field gradient that explicitly breaks inversion symmetry. Our results shed light on how spin currents are generated and controlled, providing new insights into the potential of these materials for next-generation spintronic technologies.

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@article{arxiv.2603.21755,
  title  = {Antiferromagnetic Pure Spin Current Memdevices},
  author = {Martin Latorre and Gaspar De la Barrera and Roberto E. Troncoso and Alvaro S. Nunez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.21755},
  year   = {2026}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures

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