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- Title
Macrospin in ferromagnetic nanojunctions.
- Authors
Gulyaev, Yu. V.; Zilberman, P. E.; Panas, A. I.; Epshtein, E. M.
- Abstract
We study the passage of transverse current through a ferromagnetic nanojunctions, viz., a layered nanostructure of the spin-valve type containing two ferromagnetic layers separated by a spacer that prevents exchange coupling between the layers in the absence of current, but does not affect spin polarization of the current. The conditions for a high level of injection of spins by current are derived at which the concentration of injected nonequilibrium spins can reach or even exceed their equilibrium concentration. In such conditions, a number of new effects are observed. The threshold of exchange switching by current is lowered by several orders of magnitude due to matching of spin resistances of the layers. The application of an external magnetic field in the vicinity of the orientation phase transition additionally lowers this threshold. This leads to multistability, in which one value of the current corresponds to two (or more) stable noncollinear orientations of magnetization, and switching itself becomes irreversible. A methodical feature of this research is that the calculation is performed in the so-called macrospin approximation, which is in good agreement with most of known experiments. In this approximation, the equations of motion taking into account the torque as well as spin injection are derived for the first time and solved.
- Subjects
FERROMAGNETIC materials; LAGRANGE equations; MAGNETIC fields; POLARIZATION (Electricity); ROTATIONAL motion (Rigid dynamics); PARTICLES (Nuclear physics); PLASMA gases
- Publication
Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Physics, 2008, Vol 107, Issue 6, p1027
- ISSN
1063-7761
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1063776108120121