Spin Transfer Without Spin Conservation

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2004-03-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0403710v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 3 figures

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We propose a general theory of the spin-transfer effects that occur when current flows through inhomogeneous magnetic systems. Our theory does not rest on an appeal to conservation of total spin, can assess whether or not current-induced magnetization precession and switching in a particular geometry will occur coherently, and can estimate the efficacy of spin-transfer when spin-orbit interactions are present. We illustrate our theory by applying it to a toy-model two-dimensional-electron-gas ferromagnet with Rashba spin-orbit interactions.

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