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Current and Spin-Torque in Double Tunnel Barrier Ferromagnet - Superconductor - Ferromagnet Systems
We calculate the current and the spin-torque in small symmetric double tunnel
barrier ferromagnet - superconductor - ferromagnet (F-S-F) systems.
Spin-accumulation on the superconductor governs the transport properties when
the spin-flip relaxation time is longer than the transport dwell time. In the
elastic transport regime, it is demonstrated that the relative change in the
current (spin-torque) for F-S-F systems equals the relative change in the
current (spin-torque) for F-N-F systems upon changing the relative
magnetization direction of the two ferromagnets. This differs from the results
in the inelastic transport regime where spin-accumulation suppresses the
superconducting gap and dramatically changes the magnetoresistance [S.
Takahashi, H. Imamura, and S. Maekawa, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3911 (1999)]. The
experimental relevance of the elastic and inelastic transport regimes,
respectively, as well as the reasons for the change in the transport properties
are discussed.Comment: 7 page
Spin-Flip Transistor
The recently developed semiclassical theory for magnetoelectronic circuits is
applied to a transistor-like device consisting of a normal metal island and
three magnetic terminals. The electric current between source and drain can be
controlled by the magnetization of a ``base'' reservoir up to distances of the
order of the spin-flip diffusion length.Comment: Proceedings of NATO-ARW on Semiconductor Nanostructures, 5-9 February
2001, Queenstown, NZ, to be published in Physica
The evolution of Bernstein modes in quantum wires with increasing deviation from parabolic confinement
We investigate the evolution of the interaction of the magnetoplasmon
resonance with the harmonics of the cyclotron resonance as the confinement of
an electron gas in a quantum wire increasingly deviates from the parabolic
case. The occurrence of the Bernstein modes is observed in a time-dependent
Hartree model of a two-dimensional electron gas in a single quantum wire.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, uses IOP macros, to appear in the Journal of
Physics: Condensed Matte
Terahertz Antiferromagnetic Spin Hall Nano-Oscillator
We consider the current-induced dynamics of insulating antiferromagnets in a
spin Hall geometry. Sufficiently large in-plane currents perpendicular to the
N\'{e}el order trigger spontaneous oscillations at frequencies between the
acoustic and the optical eigenmodes. The direction of the driving current
determines the chirality of the excitation. When the current exceeds a
threshold, the combined effect of spin pumping and current-induced torques
introduces a dynamic feedback that sustains steady-state oscillations with
amplitudes controllable via the applied current. The ac voltage output is
calculated numerically as a function of the dc current input for different
feedback strengths. Our findings open a route towards terahertz
antiferromagnetic spin-torque oscillators.Comment: 5+ pages, 4 figure
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