scholarly journals Charge and Spin Currents in Ferromagnet-Insulator-Superconductor Tunneling Junctions Using Hg-1223 High-Tc Superconductor

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michihide Kitamura ◽  
Yoshitaka Uchiumi ◽  
Akinobu Irie
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Circular Dichroism ◽  
Atomic Orbital ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Spin Current ◽  
Differential Conductance ◽  
Tunneling Junction ◽  
Band Theory ◽  
Insulating Layer ◽  
Spin Currents ◽  
Tunneling Junctions

Charge and spin currents along the c-axis in ferromagnet-insulator-superconductor (F/I/S) tunneling junctions have been studied within the framework of the tunneling Hamiltonian model. As a superconductor S, HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+δ (Hg-1223) with δ=0.4 copper-oxide high-Tc superconductor has been selected, and as a ferromagnet F, Fe metal with bcc structure has been selected for simplicity. The electronic structures of above materials have been calculated on the basis of the band theory using the spin-polarized self-consistent-field data for the atomic orbital energies and the universal tight-binding parameters (UTBP) for the interactions. For the η↑ and η↓(=1-η↑) defined in the present paper, which are tunneling probabilities of the majority and the minority spin electrons, it is shown that the condition η↑=η↓ means the standard F/I/S tunneling junction with a nonmagnetic insulating layer, and the condition η↑≠η↓means the F/I/S tunneling junction with a magnetic insulating layer showing a detectable magnetization. We have found that the charge current and the differential conductance nearly remain the same as the change of η↑, but the spin current is largely changed due to the change of η↑. As an experimental method to detect the change of the spin current, the validity of an X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) has been pointed out.

Ab initio band theory approach to electron energy loss near edge structures

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 506-507
Author(s):  
Xudong Weng ◽  
O.F. Sankey ◽  
Peter Rez
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Interpolation Method ◽  
Atomic Orbital ◽  
Plane Waves ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Band Theory ◽  
Atomic Orbitals ◽  
Pseudopotential Calculations

Single electron band structure techniques have been applied successfully to the interpretation of the near edge structures of metals and other materials. Among various band theories, the linear combination of atomic orbital (LCAO) method is especially simple and interpretable. The commonly used empirical LCAO method is mainly an interpolation method, where the energies and wave functions of atomic orbitals are adjusted in order to fit experimental or more accurately determined electron states. To achieve better accuracy, the size of calculation has to be expanded, for example, to include excited states and more-distant-neighboring atoms. This tends to sacrifice the simplicity and interpretability of the method.In this paper. we adopt an ab initio scheme which incorporates the conceptual advantage of the LCAO method with the accuracy of ab initio pseudopotential calculations. The so called pscudo-atomic-orbitals (PAO's), computed from a free atom within the local-density approximation and the pseudopotential approximation, are used as the basis of expansion, replacing the usually very large set of plane waves in the conventional pseudopotential method. These PAO's however, do not consist of a rigorously complete set of orthonormal states.

scholarly journals Anomalous spin Hall and inverse spin Hall effects in magnetic systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
X. R. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Hall Effect ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Spin Current ◽  
Spin Hall Effect ◽  
Magnetic Systems ◽  
Charge Current ◽  
Spin Currents ◽  
Tensor Quantity ◽  
Hall Effects ◽  
Spin Hall Effects

AbstractSpin current is a very important tensor quantity in spintronics. However, the well-known spin-Hall effect (SHE) can only generate a few of its components whose propagating and polarization directions are perpendicular with each other and to an applied charge current. It is highly desirable in applications to generate spin currents whose polarization can be in any possible direction. Here anomalous SHE and inverse spin-Hall effect (ISHE) in magnetic systems are predicted. Spin currents, whose polarisation and propagation are collinear or orthogonal with each other and along or perpendicular to the charge current, can be generated, depending on whether the applied charge current is along or perpendicular to the order parameter. In anomalous ISHEs, charge currents proportional to the order parameter can be along or perpendicular to the propagating or polarization directions of the spin current.

scholarly journals Dodecagonal bilayer graphene quasicrystal and its approximants

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guodong Yu ◽  
Zewen Wu ◽  
Zhen Zhan ◽  
Mikhail I. Katsnelson ◽  
Shengjun Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Lattice Mismatch ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Bilayer Graphene ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Honeycomb Lattice ◽  
Fermi Velocity ◽  
Band Theory ◽  
Incommensurate Structures ◽  
Unfolding Method

AbstractDodecagonal bilayer graphene quasicrystal has 12-fold rotational order but lacks translational symmetry which prevents the application of band theory. In this paper, we study the electronic and optical properties of graphene quasicrystal with large-scale tight-binding calculations involving more than ten million atoms. We propose a series of periodic approximants which reproduce accurately the properties of quasicrystal within a finite unit cell. By utilizing the band-unfolding method on the smallest approximant with only 2702 atoms, the effective band structure of graphene quasicrystal is derived. The features, such as the emergence of new Dirac points (especially the mirrored ones), the band gap at $$M$$M point and the Fermi velocity are all in agreement with recent experiments. The properties of quasicrystal states are identified in the Landau level spectrum and optical excitations. Importantly, our results show that the lattice mismatch is the dominant factor determining the accuracy of layered approximants. The proposed approximants can be used directly for other layered materials in honeycomb lattice, and the design principles can be applied for any quasi-periodic incommensurate structures.

scholarly journals Giant Spin Current Rectification Due to the Interplay of Negative Differential Conductance and a Non-Uniform Magnetic Field

Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1311
Author(s):  
Kang Hao Lee ◽  
Vinitha Balachandran ◽  
Ryan Tan ◽  
Chu Guo ◽  
Dario Poletti
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Uniform Magnetic Field ◽  
Spin Current ◽  
System Size ◽  
Differential Conductance ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Negative Differential Conductance ◽  
Ferromagnetic Domains ◽  
Current Rectification ◽  
High Degree

In XXZ chains with large enough interactions, spin transport can be significantly suppressed when the bias of the dissipative driving becomes large enough. This phenomenon of negative differential conductance is caused by the formation of two oppositely polarized ferromagnetic domains at the edges of the chain. Here, we show that this many-body effect, combined with a non-uniform magnetic field, can allow for a high degree of control of the spin current. In particular, by studying all of the possible shapes of local magnetic fields potentials, we find that a configuration in which the magnetic field points up for half of the chain and down for the other half, can result in giant spin-current rectification, for example, up to 108 for a system with only 8 spins. Our results show clear indications that the rectification can increase with the system size.

Band Theory, Valence Bond, and Tight‐Binding Calculations

1962 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per‐Olov Löwdin
Keyword(s):  
Tight Binding ◽  
Valence Bond ◽  
Band Theory

scholarly journals Production, detection, storage and release of spin currents

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 736-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Cini
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Spin Current ◽  
Optical Excitation ◽  
Pure Spin ◽  
Field Methods ◽  
Magnetic Current ◽  
Spin Currents ◽  
New Phenomena ◽  
Storage Units

Background: Quantum rings connected to ballistic circuits couple strongly to external magnetic fields if the connection is not symmetric. Moreover, properly connected rings can be used to pump currents in the wires giving raise to a number of interesting new phenomena. At half filling using a time-dependent magnetic field in the plane of the ring one can pump a pure spin current, excited by the the spin–orbit interaction in the ring. Results: Such a magnetic current is even under time reversal and produces an electric field instead of the usual magnetic field. Numerical simulations show that one can use magnetizable bodies as storage units to concentrate and save the magnetization in much the same way as capacitors operating with charge currents store electric charge. The polarization obtained in this way can then be used on command to produce spin currents in a wire. These currents show interesting oscillations while the storage units exchange their polarizations. Conclusion: The magnetic production of spin currents can be a useful alternative to optical excitation and electric field methods.

scholarly journals Directional Dependence of Spin Currents Induced by Aharonov–Casher Phase

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 2091-2102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taeseung Choi ◽  
Chang-Mo Ryu ◽  
A. M. Jayannavar
Keyword(s):  
Current Flow ◽  
Solid Angle ◽  
Spin Current ◽  
Spin Precession ◽  
Precession Angle ◽  
Effective Spin ◽  
Periodic Behavior ◽  
Spin Currents ◽  
Open Ring ◽  
Aharonov Bohm

We have calculated the persistent spin current of an open ring induced by the Aharonov–Casher phase. For unpolarized electrons there exist no persistent charge currents, but persistent spin currents. We show that, in general, the magnitude of the persistent spin current in a ring depends on the direction of the direct current flow from one reservoir to another. The persistent spin current is modulated by the cosine function of the spin precession angle. The nonadiabatic Aharonov–Casher phase gives anomalous behaviors. The Aharonov–Anandan phase is determined by the solid angle of spin precession. When the nonadiabatic Aharonov–Anandan phase approaches a constant value with the increase of the electric field, the periodic behavior of the spin persistent current occurs in an adiabatic limit. In this limit the periodic behavior of the persistent spin current could be understood by the effective spin-dependent Aharonov–Bohm flux.

DILUTED FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS — ORIGIN OF MAGNETIC ORDERING AND SPIN-TRANSPORT PROPERTIES

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 104-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMASZ DIETL
Keyword(s):  
Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors ◽  
Spin Transport ◽  
Correlation Energy ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Spin Current ◽  
Magnetic Ordering ◽  
Exchange Interactions ◽  
Ferromagnetic Phase ◽  
Magnetic Characteristics ◽  
Ferromagnetic Semiconductors

In the first hour of the lecture the present understanding of the origin of exchange interaction and mechanisms leading to ferromagnetic order in diluted magnetic semiconductors will be presented.1 The lecture will start by discussing energy positions of relevant open magnetic shells, including the correlation energy and excitations within the magnetic ions. The origin and magnitude of sp–d exchange interactions will then be described. This will be followed by presenting the physics of indirect exchange interactions between localized spins contrasting magnetic characteristics in the absence and in the presence of free carriers. The Zener and RKKY models of ferromagnetism will be introduced and the role of confinement, dimensionality, and spin-orbit interaction in determining properties of the ferromagnetic phase will be outlined. The second lecture will be devoted to theory of spin transport in layered structures of diluted ferromagnetic semiconductors, emphasizing the issues important for perspective spintronics devices. A recently developed theory,2 which combines a multi-orbital empirical tight-binding approach with a Landauer–Büttiker formalism will be presented. In contrast to the standard kp method, this theory describes properly the interfaces and inversion symmetry breaking as well as the band dispersion in the entire Brillouin zone, so that the essential for the spin-dependent transport Rashba and Dresselhaus terms as well as the tunneling via k points away from the zone center are taken into account. The applicability of this model for the description of tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR), resonant tunneling spectra, spin-current polarization in Esaki-Zener diodes, and domain-wall resistance will be presented. Note from Publisher: This article contains the abstract only.

LOCALIZED ELECTRONIC SURFACE STATES IN METALLIC STRUCTURES

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (05) ◽  
pp. 1850101 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. BELAYADI ◽  
B. BOURAHLA ◽  
F. MEKIDECHE-CHAFA
Keyword(s):  
Interatomic Potential ◽  
Atomic Orbital ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Surface States ◽  
Localized States ◽  
High Symmetry ◽  
Metallic Structures ◽  
Text Type ◽  
Type Orbital ◽  
Electronic Surface

We present theoretical models to study the localized electronic surface states in metallic structures. The materials under study have been chosen with different types of cubic meshes, fcc, sc and bcc. The calculation method used is closely related to the Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO) in the tight-binding method. We consider three cases: each of the atoms is described by a single atomic orbital of [Formula: see text]-, [Formula: see text]- and [Formula: see text]-type orbitals. In order to solve the rectangular secular equations of the systems under study, the phase field matching method is involved. In particular, we apply our approach to calculate the localized electronic surface states of some metals: (i) Chromium and Silver having, respectively, bcc and fcc structure and described as [Formula: see text]-type orbital. (ii) Nickel with sc crystallization and described by [Formula: see text]-type orbital. (iii) Palladium (Pd) given in fcc crystallization and described by [Formula: see text]-type orbital. The obtained results illustrate spatial edge effects between the bulk modes and the localized electronic states of the metallic surfaces over the three orientations of high symmetry path. We observe many localized states above and below the bulk band range. In addition, the relaxation effect on the surface layer has been investigated to compute the localized electronic surface state in this case and illustrate the lift of the degeneracy compared to the first calculations based on an ordered surface. The spacing geometry caused by the relaxation on the surface has been determined by using the Molecular dynamic algorithm and Morse interatomic potential.

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