Spin transfer torques and spin-dependent transport in a metallic F/AF/N tunneling junction
Spin transfer torques and spin-dependent transport in a metallic F/AF/N tunneling junction
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DOI：
10.1103/physrevb.98.014406
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发表时间：
2018-07
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Kei Yamamoto;O. Gomonay;J. Sinova;G. Schwiete
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作者：
Kei Yamamoto;O. Gomonay;J. Sinova;G. Schwiete
我们研究了自旋相关的电子输运通过铁磁-反铁磁-正常金属隧道结受到电压或温度偏置，在没有自旋轨道耦合。我们推导出各种类型的反铁磁作用的自旋力矩以及电荷和自旋电流流过结的微观公式。所得结果适用于慢磁化动力学极限。我们确定了一个参数制度，其中一个非常规的阻尼类扭矩可以成为相当于常规Slonczewski的扭矩广义反铁磁体的大小。此外，我们发现，反铁磁亚晶格结构开辟了一个通道的电子传输，它没有一个铁磁类似物，这种机制导致一个明显的类场扭矩。通过结的电荷电导和自旋电流传输取决于铁磁和反铁磁矢量的相对取向（序参数）。所获得的电荷和自旋电流的公式使我们能够确定负责这种角度依赖性的微观机制，并评估作为自旋电流极化器的反铁磁金属的效率。
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.