Spin injection and spin transport in paramagnetic insulators
Abstract
We investigate the spin injection and the spin transport in paramagnetic insulators described by simple Heisenberg interactions using auxiliary particle methods. Some of these methods allow access to both paramagnetic states above magnetic transition temperatures and magnetic states at low temperatures. It is predicted that the spin injection at an interface with a normal metal is rather insensitive to temperatures above the magnetic transition temperature. On the other hand below the transition temperature, it decreases monotonically and disappears at zero temperature. We also analyze the bulk spin conductance. We show that the conductance becomes zero at zero temperature as predicted by linear spin wave theory but increases with temperature and is maximized around the magnetic transition temperature. These findings suggest that the compromise between the two effects determines the optimal temperature for spintronics applications utilizing magnetic insulators.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1239765
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1238705
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Okamoto, Satoshi. Spin injection and spin transport in paramagnetic insulators. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.064421.
Okamoto, Satoshi. Spin injection and spin transport in paramagnetic insulators. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.064421
Okamoto, Satoshi. Mon .
"Spin injection and spin transport in paramagnetic insulators". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.064421. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1239765.
@article{osti_1239765,
title = {Spin injection and spin transport in paramagnetic insulators},
author = {Okamoto, Satoshi},
abstractNote = {We investigate the spin injection and the spin transport in paramagnetic insulators described by simple Heisenberg interactions using auxiliary particle methods. Some of these methods allow access to both paramagnetic states above magnetic transition temperatures and magnetic states at low temperatures. It is predicted that the spin injection at an interface with a normal metal is rather insensitive to temperatures above the magnetic transition temperature. On the other hand below the transition temperature, it decreases monotonically and disappears at zero temperature. We also analyze the bulk spin conductance. We show that the conductance becomes zero at zero temperature as predicted by linear spin wave theory but increases with temperature and is maximized around the magnetic transition temperature. These findings suggest that the compromise between the two effects determines the optimal temperature for spintronics applications utilizing magnetic insulators.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.93.064421},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 6,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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