Spin density and non collinear magnetization in anisotropic materials

Spin Density and Non-Collinear Magnetization in Frustrated Pyrochlore Tb2Ti2O7 from Polarized Neutron Scattering

We used a local susceptibility approach in extensive polarized neutron diffraction studies of the spin liquid Tb2Ti2O7. For a magnetic field applied along the [110] and [111] directions, we found that, at high temperature, all Tb moments are collinear and parallel to the field. With decreasing temperature, the Tb moments reorient from the field direction to their local anisotropy axes. For the ...

Non-collinear Spin Valve Effect in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Trilayers

Abstract We report the observation of the spin valve effect in (Ga,Mn)As/p-GaAs/(Ga,Mn)As trilayer devices. Magnetoresistance measurements carried out in the current in plane geometry reveal positive magnetoresistance peaks when the two ferromagnetic layers are magnetized orthogonal to each other. Measurements carried out for different post-growth annealing conditions and spacer layer thickness...

Field-Induced Disorder Point in Non-Collinear Ising Spin Chains

Current driven magnetization dynamics in helical spin density waves.

A mechanism is proposed for manipulating the magnetic state of a helical spin density wave using a current. It is shown that a current through a bulk metal with a helical spin density wave induces a spin transfer torque, which gives rise to a rotation of the order parameter. The use of spin transfer torque to manipulate the magnetization in bulk systems does not suffer from the obstacles seen f...

Investigation of non-collinear spin states with scanning tunneling microscopy.

Most ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic substances show a simple collinear arrangement of the local spins. Under certain circumstances, however, the spin configuration is non-collinear. Scanning tunneling microscopy with its potential atomic resolution is an ideal tool for investigating these complex spin structures. Non-collinearity can be due to topological frustration of the exchange intera...