Micromagnetics and spintronics: models and numerical methods

C Abert - The European Physical Journal B, 2019 - Springer
Computational micromagnetics has become an indispensable tool for the theoretical
investigation of magnetic structures. Classical micromagnetics has been successfully …

Large interfacial rashba interaction generating strong spin–orbit torques in atomically thin metallic heterostructures

S Krishnia, Y Sassi, F Ajejas, N Sebe, N Reyren… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The hallmark of spintronics has been the ability of spin–orbit interactions to convert a charge
current into a spin current and vice versa, mainly in the bulk of heavy metal thin films. Here …

Spin and charge drift-diffusion in ultra-scaled MRAM cells

S Fiorentini, M Bendra, J Ender, RL de Orio, W Goes… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Designing advanced single-digit shape-anisotropy MRAM cells requires an accurate
evaluation of spin currents and torques in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with elongated …

Spin Hall and spin swap** torques in diffusive ferromagnets

CO Pauyac, M Chshiev, A Manchon, SA Nikolaev - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
A complete set of the generalized drift-diffusion equations for a coupled charge and spin
dynamics in ferromagnets in the presence of extrinsic spin-orbit coupling is derived from the …

A three-dimensional spin-diffusion model for micromagnetics

C Abert, M Ruggeri, F Bruckner, C Vogler, G Hrkac… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
We solve a time-dependent three-dimensional spin-diffusion model coupled to the Landau-
Lifshitz-Gilbert equation numerically. The presented model is validated by comparison to two …

Finite element approach for the simulation of modern MRAM devices

S Fiorentini, NP Jørstad, J Ender, RL de Orio… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Because of their nonvolatile nature and simple structure, the interest in MRAM devices has
been steadily growing in recent years. Reliable simulation tools, capable of handling …

Orbital Diffusion, Polarization, and Swap** in Centrosymmetric Metals

X Ning, A Pezo, KW Kim, W Zhao, KJ Lee… - Physical Review Letters, 2025 - APS
We propose a general theory of charge, spin, and orbital diffusion based on Keldysh
formalism. Our findings indicate that the diffusivity of orbital angular momentum in metals is …

Unified treatment of spin torques using a coupled magnetisation dynamics and three-dimensional spin current solver

S Lepadatu - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
A three-dimensional spin current solver based on a generalised spin drift-diffusion
description, including the bulk and interfacial spin Hall effects, is integrated with a …

Spin diffusion and torques in disordered antiferromagnets

A Manchon - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We have developed a drift-diffusion equation of spin transport in collinear bipartite metallic
antiferromagnets. Starting from a model tight-binding Hamiltonian, we obtain the quantum …