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most citedSpin-orbit torques induced by interface-generated spin currents

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21 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Unconventional Field-Like Spin-Torques in CrPt

Robin Klause, Yuxuan Xiao, Jonathan Gibbons +5

The topological semimetal CrPt has potential for generating unconventional spin torques due to its ferrimagnetic ordering, topological band structure, and high anomalous Hall e…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Large-Amplitude, Easy-Plane Spin-Orbit Torque Oscillators Driven by Out-of-Plane Spin Current: A Micromagnetic Study

Daniel Kubler, David A. Smith, Tommy Nguyen +3

Spin torque oscillators are spintronic devices that generate a periodic output signal from a non-periodic input, making them promising candidates for applications like microwave co…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Direct and indirect spin current generation and spin-orbit torques in ferromagnet/nonmagnet/ferromagnet trilayers

V. P. Amin, G. G. Baez Flores, A. A. Kovalev +1

Spin-orbit torques in ferromagnet/nonmagnet/ferromagnet trilayers are studied using a combination of symmetry analysis, circuit theory, semiclassical simulations, and first-princip…

physics.app-ph2023

Self-induced inverse spin Hall effect in LaSrMnO films

Pushpendra Gupta, In Jun Park, Anupama Swain +3

The efficient generation of spin currents and spin torques via spin-orbit coupling is an important goal of spintronics research. One crucial metric for spin current generation is t…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 3 cited

Suppression of Spin Pumping at Metal Interfaces

Youngmin Lim, Bhuwan Nepal, David A. Smith +15

An electrically conductive metal typically transmits or absorbs a spin current. Here, we report on evidence that interfacing two metal thin films can suppress spin transmission and…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Large Exotic Spin Torques in Antiferromagnetic Iron Rhodium

Jonathan Gibbons, Takaaki Dohi, Vivek P. Amin +16

Spin torque is a promising tool for driving magnetization dynamics for novel computing technologies. These torques can be easily produced by spin-orbit effects, but for most conven…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 10 cited

Phase-resolved electrical detection of coherently coupled magnonic devices

Yi Li, Chenbo Zhao, Vivek P. Amin +10

We demonstrate the electrical detection of magnon-magnon hybrid dynamics in yttrium iron garnet/permalloy (YIG/Py) thin film bilayer devices. Direct microwave current injection thr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 99 cited

Computing and Memory Technologies based on Magnetic Skyrmions

Hamed Vakili, Wei Zhou, Chung T Ma +13

Solitonic magnetic excitations such as domain walls and, specifically, skyrmionics enable the possibility of compact, high density, ultrafast,all-electronic, low-energy devices, wh…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 47 cited

Unconventional spin-orbit torque in transition metal dichalcogenide/ferromagnet bilayers from first-principles calculations

Fei Xue, Christoph Rohmann, Junwen Li +2

Motivated by recent observations of unconventional out-of-plane dampinglike torque in \ch{WTe2}/Permalloy bilayer systems, we calculate the spin-orbit torque generated in two-dimen…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 24 cited

Imaging the valley and orbital Hall effect in monolayer MoS2

Fei Xue, V. P. Amin, P. M. Haney

The topological properties of a material's electronic structure are encoded in its Berry curvature, a quantity which is intimately related to the transverse electrical conductivity…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 120 cited

Coherent spin pumping in a strongly coupled magnon-magnon hybrid system

Yi Li, Wei Cao, Vivek P. Amin +10

We experimentally identify coherent spin pumping in the magnon-magnon hybrid modes of permalloy/yttrium iron garnet (Py/YIG) bilayers. Using broadband ferromagnetic resonance, an "…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 113 cited

Perspectives of Electrically generated spin currents in ferromagnetic materials

Angie Davidson, Vivek P. Amin, Wafa S. Aljuaid +2

Spin-orbit coupling enables charge currents to give rise to spin currents and vice versa, which has applications in non-volatile magnetic memories, miniature microwave oscillators,…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 186 cited

Anomalous Spin-Orbit Torques in Magnetic Single-Layer Films

Wenrui Wang, Tao Wang, Vivek P. Amin +13

Spin-orbit interaction (SOI) couples charge and spin transport, enabling electrical control of magnetization. A quintessential example of SOI-induced transport is the anomalous Hal…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 254 cited

Interface-generated spin currents

V. P. Amin, J. Zemen, M. D. Stiles

Transport calculations based on ab-initio band structures reveal large interface-generated spin currents at Co/Pt, Co/Cu, and Pt/Cu interfaces. These spin currents are driven by in…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 185 cited

Spin waves in coupled YIG/Co heterostructures

Stefan Klingler, Vivek Amin, Stephan Geprägs +9

We investigate yttrium iron garnet (YIG)/cobalt (Co) heterostructures using broadband ferromagnetic resonance (FMR). We observe an efficient excitation of perpendicular standing sp…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 532 cited

Spin-orbit torques induced by interface-generated spin currents

Seung-heon C. Baek, Vivek P. Amin, Young-Wan Oh +5

Magnetic torques generated through spin-orbit coupling promise energy-efficient spintronic devices. It is important for applications to control these torques so that they switch fi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 225 cited

Spin Transport at Interfaces with Spin-Orbit Coupling: Formalism

V. P. Amin, M. D. Stiles

We generalize magnetoelectronic circuit theory to account for spin transfer to and from the atomic lattice via interfacial spin-orbit coupling. This enables a proper treatment of s…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 293 cited

Spin Transport at Interfaces with Spin-Orbit Coupling: Phenomenology

V. P. Amin, M. D. Stiles

This paper presents the boundary conditions needed for drift-diffusion models to treat interfaces with spin-orbit coupling. Using these boundary conditions for heavy metal/ferromag…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 11 cited

Large Tunneling Anisotropic Magneto-Seebeck Effect in a CoPt|MgO|Pt Tunnel Junction

V. P. Amin, J. Zemen, J. Železný +2

We theoretically investigate the Tunneling Anisotropic Magneto-Seebeck effect in a realistically-modeled CoPt|MgO|Pt tunnel junction using coherent transport calculations. For comp…

cond-mat.mes-hall2012★ 3 cited

Experimental Demonstration Of Scanned Spin-Precession Microscopy

V. P. Bhallamudi, C. S. Wolfe, V. P. Amin +5

Progress in spintronics has been aided by characterization tools tailored to certain archetypical materials. New device structures and materials will require characterization tools…

cond-mat.mes-hall2012

Spin Hall transistor with electrical spin injection

K. Olejnik, J. Wunderlich, A. C. Irvine +4

The realization of a viable semiconductor transistor and information processing devices based on the electron spin has fueled intense basic research of three key elements: injectio…