Transfer of angular momentum from a spin-polarized current to a ferromagnet provides an
efficient means to control the magnetization dynamics of nanomagnets. A peculiar …

The recent discovery that a spin-polarized electrical current can apply a large torque to a
ferromagnet, through direct transfer of spin angular momentum, offers the possibility of …

A magnetic vortex core in a ferromagnetic circular nanodot has a resonance frequency
originating from the confinement of the vortex core. By the micromagnetic simulation …

Spin torque from spin current applied to a nanoscale region of a ferromagnet can act as
negative magnetic damping and thereby excite self-oscillations of its magnetization. In …

Spin-polarized current can excite the magnetization of a ferromagnet through the transfer of
spin angular momentum to the local spin system. This pure spin-related transport …

We investigate the vortex excitations induced by a spin-polarized current in a magnetic
nanopillar by means of micromagnetic simulations and analytical calculations. Damped …

A magnetic nanoparticle in a vortex state is a promising candidate for the information
storage. One bit of information corresponds to the upward or downward magnetization of the …

The generation of oscillations in the microwave frequency range is one of the most important
applications expected from spintronics devices exploiting the spin-transfer phenomenon …

The possibility of exciting microwave oscillations in a nanomagnet by a spin-polarized
current, as predicted by Slonczewski and Berger, has recently been demonstrated. This …

Recent advances in the studies of pure spin currents–flows of angular momentum (spin) not
accompanied by the electric currents–have opened new horizons for the emerging …