Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2008-03-29
Phys. Rev. B 78, 020401(R) (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
5 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.020401
We theoretically study the recently observed tunnel-barrier-enhanced dc voltage signals generated by magnetization precession in magnetic tunnel junctions. While the spin pumping is suppressed by the high tunneling impedance, two complimentary processes are predicted to result in a sizable voltage generation in ferromagnet (F)|insulator (I)|normal-metal (N) and F|I|F junctions, with one ferromagnet being resonantly excited. Magnetic dynamics in F|I|F systems induces a robust charge pumping, translating into voltage in open circuits. In addition, dynamics in a single ferromagnetic layer develops longitudinal spin accumulation inside the ferromagnet. A tunnel barrier then acts as a nonintrusive probe that converts the spin accumulation into a measurable voltage. Neither of the proposed mechanisms suffers from spin relaxation, which is typically fast on the scale of the exponentially slow tunneling rates. The longitudinal spin-accumulation buildup, however, is very sensitive to the phenomenological ingredients of the spin-relaxation picture.
Moriyama Takahiro
Tserkovnyak Yaroslav
Xiao John Q.
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