Spin torques between ferromagnetic and compensated antiferromagnetic layers

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Abstract

The current induced torques between a ferromagnetic layer and a compensated antiferromagnetic layer of various symmetries are considered. The general conditions under which these current induced torques can stabilize the out-of-plane configuration of the ferromagnet are provided, along with numerical results for specific models. The effects of phase breaking scattering and their experimental implications are also discussed.

*Adrian Popescu acknowledges support under the Cooperative Research Agreement between the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Award 70NANB10H193

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Authors

  • Adrian Popescu

    • Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899

  • Khartik Prakia

    • The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA, 01730

  • Paul Haney

    • Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899