
Nanomagnetism and Spintronics
Description
Key Features
- Provides a concise, thorough evaluation of current research
- Surveys the important findings up to 2012
- Examines the future of devices and the importance of spin current
Readership
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
1. Overview
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Discovery of GMR
1.3 Development of GMR Studies
1.4 Recent Progress in MR Experiments
1.5 The Scope of This Book
References
2. GMR, TMR, BMR, and Related Phenomena
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Spin-Dependent Transport in Ferromagnetic Metals
2.3 Microscopic Theory of Electrical Conductivity: Linear Response Theory
2.4 Giant Magnetoresistance
2.5 Tunnel Magnetoresistance
2.6 Ballistic Magnetoresistance
2.7 Other MR Effects—Normal MR, AMR, and CMR
2.8 SOI and Hall Effects
2.9 Thermal Effects on Charge and Spin Currents
2.10 Spin Transfer and Spin Pumping
2.11 Perspective
Acknowledgments
References
3. Spin Injection and Voltage Effects in Magnetic Nanopillars and Its Applications
3.1 Spin Injection, Voltage Application, and Torque
3.2 Spin-Injection Magnetization Reversal
3.3 High-Frequency Phenomena
3.4 From Spin-Transfer Torque RAM to Magnetic Logic
Acknowledgments
References
4. Dynamics of Magnetic Domain Walls in Nanomagnetic Systems
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Field-Driven DW Motions
4.3 Current-Driven DW Motions
4.4 Topics on Nanodot Systems
Acknowledgments
References
5. Theoretical Aspects of Current-Driven Magnetization Dynamics
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Dynamics of a Rigid Domain Wall
5.3 Microscopic Calculation of Spin Torques
5.4 Related Topics
Acknowledgment
References
6. Micromagnetics of Domain Wall Dynamics in Soft Nanostrips
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Field Dynamics of Domain Walls
6.3 Domain Wall Motion by Spin-Polarized Current
6.4 Dynamics Under Combined Field and Current
6.5 Conclusions and Outlook
Acknowledgments
References
7. III–V-Based Ferromagnetic Semiconductors
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Molecular Beam Epitaxy
7.3 Structural and Magnetic Properties
7.4 Electrical and Optical Properties
7.5 The sp–d Exchange Interaction
7.6 The p–d Zener Model of Ferromagnetism
7.7 Properties Revealed by Device Structures
7.8 Prospects
Acknowledgment
References
Product details
- No. of pages: 372
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2013
- Published: October 7, 2013
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780444632777
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780444632791