Interface-induced phenomena in magnetism

F Hellman, A Hoffmann, Y Tserkovnyak… - Reviews of modern …, 2017 - APS
This article reviews static and dynamic interfacial effects in magnetism, focusing on
interfacially driven magnetic effects and phenomena associated with spin-orbit coupling and …

FMR-related phenomena in spintronic devices

Y Wang, R Ramaswamy, H Yang - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Spintronic devices, such as non-volatile magnetic random access memories and logic
devices, have attracted considerable attention as potential candidates for future high …

Spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance induced by the spin Hall effect

L Liu, T Moriyama, DC Ralph, RA Buhrman - Physical review letters, 2011 - APS
We demonstrate that the spin Hall effect in a thin film with strong spin-orbit scattering can
excite magnetic precession in an adjacent ferromagnetic film. The flow of alternating current …

Bias-driven high-power microwave emission from MgO-based tunnel magnetoresistance devices

AM Deac, A Fukushima, H Kubota, H Maehara… - Nature Physics, 2008 - nature.com
Spin-momentum transfer between a spin-polarized current and a ferromagnetic layer can
induce steady-state magnetization precession, and has recently been proposed as a …

Spectral characteristics of the microwave emission by the spin Hall nano-oscillator

RH Liu, WL Lim, S Urazhdin - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
We utilized microwave spectroscopy to study the magnetization oscillations locally induced
in a Permalloy film by a pure spin current, which is generated due to the spin Hall effect in an …

Developments in nano-oscillators based upon spin-transfer point-contact devices

TJ Silva, WH Rippard - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2008 - Elsevier
We review the current status of research on microwave nano-oscillators that utilize spin
transfer devices with point-contact geometry, with an emphasis on the open questions that …

Mode-and Size-Dependent Landau-Lifshitz Dam** in Magnetic Nanostructures:<? format?> Evidence for Nonlocal Dam**

HT Nembach, JM Shaw, CT Boone, TJ Silva - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
We demonstrate a strong dependence of the effective dam** on the nanomagnet size and
the particular spin-wave mode that can be explained by the theory of intralayer transverse …

Magnetic nanostructures for advanced technologies: fabrication, metrology and challenges

JW Lau, JM Shaw - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic nanostructures are an integral part to many state-of-the-art and emerging
technologies. However, the complete path from parts (the nanostructures) to the …

Bias and angular dependence of spin-transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions

C Wang, YT Cui, JZ Sun, JA Katine, RA Buhrman… - Physical Review B …, 2009 - APS
We use spin-transfer-driven ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) to measure the spin-transfer
torque vector τ in MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions as a function of the offset angle …

Annealing effects on CoFeB-MgO magnetic tunnel junctions with perpendicular anisotropy

H Meng, WH Lum, R Sbiaa, SYH Lua… - Journal of applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We studied annealing effects on perpendicular anisotropy in CoFeB-MgO magnetic tunnel
junctions. The results show that annealing is an effective method to improve the …