Spin transfer torques and spin-dependent transport in a metallic F/AF/N tunneling junction

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العنوان: Spin transfer torques and spin-dependent transport in a metallic F/AF/N tunneling junction
المؤلفون: Yamamoto, Kei, Gomonay, Olena, Sinova, Jairo, Schwiete, Georg
المصدر: Phys. Rev. B 98, 014406 (2018)
سنة النشر: 2018
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
الوصف: We study spin-dependent electron transport through a ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic-normal metal tunneling junction subject to a voltage or temperature bias, in the absence of spin-orbit coupling. We derive microscopic formulas for various types of spin torque acting on the antiferromagnet as well as for charge and spin currents flowing through the junction. The obtained results are applicable in the limit of slow magnetization dynamics. We identify a parameter regime in which an unconventional damping-like torque can become comparable in magnitude to the equivalent of the conventional Slonczewski's torque generalized to antiferromagnets. Moreover, we show that the antiferromagnetic sublattice structure opens up a channel of electron transport which does not have a ferromagnetic analogue and that this mechanism leads to a pronounced field-like torque. Both charge conductance and spin current transmission through the junction depend on the relative orientation of the ferromagnetic and the antiferromagnetic vectors (order parameters). The obtained formulas for charge and spin currents allow us to identify the microscopic mechanisms responsible for this angular dependence and to assess the efficiency of an antiferromagnetic metal acting as a spin current polarizer.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.014406
الوصول الحر: http://arxiv.org/abs/1809.02950Test
رقم الانضمام: edsarx.1809.02950
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv