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Proximity and anomalous field-effect characteristics in double-wall carbon nanotubes
Proximity effect on field-effect characteristic (FEC) in double-wall carbon
nanotubes (DWCNTs) is investigated. In a semiconductor-metal (S-M) DWCNT, the
penetration of electron wavefunctions in the metallic shell to the
semiconducting shell turns the original semiconducting tube into a metal with a
non-zero local density of states at the Fermi level. By using a two-band
tight-binding model on a ladder of two legs, it is demonstrated that anomalous
FEC observed in so-called S-M type DWCNTs can be fully understood by the
proximity effect of metallic phases.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Spin transfer torque enhancement in dual spin valve in the ballistic regime
The spin transfer torque in all-metal dual spin valve, in which two
antiparallelly aligned pinned ferromagnetic layers are on the two sides of a
free ferromagnetic layer with two thin nonmagnetic spacers in between, is
studied in the ballistic regime. It is argued that, similar to the results in
the diffusion regime, the spin transfer torque is dramatically enhanced in
comparison to that in a conventional spin valve although no spin accumulation
exists at the magnetic-nonmagnetic interfaces. Within the Slonczewski's
approach, an analytical expression of the torque on the free magnetic layer is
obtained, which may serve as a theoretical model for the micromagnetic
simulation of the spin dynamics in dual spin valve. Depending on the
orientation of free layer and the degree of electron polarization, the spin
transfer torque enhancement could be tens times. The general cases when
transmission and reflection probabilities of free layer are different from zero
or one are also numerically calculated.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
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