Current driven magnetization dynamics in helical spin density waves |
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Authors: | Wessely Ola Skubic Björn Nordström Lars |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Box 530, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | A mechanism is proposed for manipulating the magnetic state of a helical spin density wave using a current. It is shown that a current through a bulk metal with a helical spin density wave induces a spin transfer torque, which gives rise to a rotation of the order parameter. The use of spin transfer torque to manipulate the magnetization in bulk systems does not suffer from the obstacles seen for magnetization reversal using interface spin transfer torque in multilayered systems. The effect is demonstrated by a quantitative calculation of the current induced magnetization dynamics of a rare earth metal, Er. Finally, we propose a setup for experimental verification. |
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