Appearance of Intrinsic Magnetization in FeMn Antiferromagnetic Film under the Action of Spin-Polarized Current

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 438-446
Author(s):  
A.I. Panas ◽  
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S.G. Chigarev ◽  
E.A. Vilkov ◽  
O.A. Byshevski-Konopko ◽  
...  

The article presents the results of research of two spin-injection sources of THz radiation using different structures of thin-film magnetic transitions (MT) with antiferromagnetic (AFM) FeMn film of nanoscale thickness and ferromagnetic (FM) Fe layer. In both variants, the possibility of intrinsic magnetization forming in the AFM film under the action of a spin-polarized current of a relatively small value formed in the FM layer is shown. The physical foundations of this effect based on the AFM sublattices beveling by a spin-polarized current due to the sd-exchange interaction of the conduction electrons spins with the spins of d electrons of the FM crystal lattice are considered. This does not require an external magnetic field. sd-exchange mechanism of excitation of intrinsic magnetization in AFM is an alternative to the spin-orbit mechanism, which has been widely considered recently. The relations for calculating the frequency and power of spin-injection radiation are given. New experimental results have been obtained that develop the concept of the AFM's intrinsic magnetization. The non-thermal nature of spin-injection radiation and the possibility of increasing the efficiency of the emitter operation due to the ordering of the MT structure by an external magnetic field are shown. The way of increasing the efficiency of spin-injection emitters by creating structures with multiple independently operating micro-emitters at frequencies close to 16 THz and with a signal power of up to a hundred microwatts has been determined. In general, it is shown that the use of the effect of excitation of intrinsic magnetization in AFM is of interest, both from the point of view of the development of theoretical ideas about the magnetic properties of AFM, and from a practical point of view for the creation of spin-injection lasers (tasers).

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1923-1932
Author(s):  
JIA LIU ◽  
ZI-YU CHEN

The influence of a perpendicular magnetic field on a bound polaron near the interface of a polar–polar semiconductor with Rashba effect has been investigated. The material is based on a GaAs / Al x Ga 1-x As heterojunction and the Al concentration varying from 0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.4 is the critical value below which the Al x Ga 1-x As is a direct band gap semiconductor.The external magnetic field strongly altered the ground state binding energy of the polaron and the Rashba spin–orbit (SO) interaction originating from the inversion asymmetry in the heterostructure splitting of the ground state binding energy of the bound polaron. How the ground state binding energy will be with the change of the external magnetic field, the location of a single impurity and the electron area density have been shown in this paper, taking into account the SO coupling. The contribution of the phonons are also considered. It is found that the spin-splitting states of the bound polaron are more stable, and, in the condition of weak magnetic field, the Zeeman effect can be neglected.


2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (27) ◽  
pp. 1450185
Author(s):  
Wei Xin ◽  
Chao Han ◽  
Eerdunchaolu

On the basis of Lee–Low–Pines (LLP) unitary transformation, the influence of external magnetic field, Rashba spin–orbit coupling and quantum size effect on the ground-state interaction energy of strong-coupling magnetopolarons in quantum disks (QDs) is studied by using the Tokuda improved linear combine operator method. The results show that the ground-state interaction energy of magnetopolarons consists of four parts: the energy caused by the confinement potential of QDs, interaction energy between the electron and external magnetic field, electron and longitudinal-optical (LO) phonon interaction energy and additional term of Rashba effect originating from phonons. The electron–LO phonon interaction energy Ee- ph and additional term of Rashba effect are always negative; the absolute value |Ee- ph | increases with increasing transverse confinement strength ω0, cyclotron frequency of external magnetic field ωc and electron–LO phonon coupling strength α, but decreases with increasing the thickness of QDs L; the state properties of magnetopolarons are closely linked with the sign of the ground-state interaction energy of magnetopolarons E int and change of E int with ωc, ω0, α and L. In addition, the vibration frequency of magnetopolarons λ increases with increasing ωc, ω0 and α, but decreases with increasing L. For the ground state of magnetopolarons in QDs, the electron–LO phonon interaction plays a significant role, meanwhile, the influence of Rashba spin–orbit coupling effect cannot be ignored.


2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (33) ◽  
pp. 10310-10315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long You ◽  
OukJae Lee ◽  
Debanjan Bhowmik ◽  
Dominic Labanowski ◽  
Jeongmin Hong ◽  
...  

Spin orbit torque (SOT) provides an efficient way to significantly reduce the current required for switching nanomagnets. However, SOT generated by an in-plane current cannot deterministically switch a perpendicularly polarized magnet due to symmetry reasons. On the other hand, perpendicularly polarized magnets are preferred over in-plane magnets for high-density data storage applications due to their significantly larger thermal stability in ultrascaled dimensions. Here, we show that it is possible to switch a perpendicularly polarized magnet by SOT without needing an external magnetic field. This is accomplished by engineering an anisotropy in the magnets such that the magnetic easy axis slightly tilts away from the direction, normal to the film plane. Such a tilted anisotropy breaks the symmetry of the problem and makes it possible to switch the magnet deterministically. Using a simple Ta/CoFeB/MgO/Ta heterostructure, we demonstrate reversible switching of the magnetization by reversing the polarity of the applied current. This demonstration presents a previously unidentified approach for controlling nanomagnets with SOT.


Author(s):  
D. V. Saveliev ◽  
L. Yu. Fetisov ◽  
D. V. Chashin ◽  
P. A. Shabin ◽  
D. A. Vyunik ◽  
...  

Magnetic deformation is a change in the size and shape of a sample under the action of a uniform external magnetic field. The study of this effect in various materials provides deep understanding of the nature of magnetic and mechanical interactions. Moreover, magnetic deformation is of great interest from an engineering point of view for designing new devices. In magnetoactive elastomers containing magnetic microparticles in the polymer matrix, a giant deformation is detected under the action of an external magnetic field. The generally accepted methods for measuring magnetic deformation in magnetoactive soft materials are now practically absent. The article describes the installation for the study of the magnetomechanical characteristics of magnetoactive elastomers and demonstrates its experimental capabilities. The installation allows to measure deformations in the range from 0 to 12.5 mm with a resolution of 1 micron. The deformation curves obtained using these installations are required for developing actuators and sensors based on magnetoactive elastomers, and also for improving their manufacturing technologies.


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