Field- and temperature-modulated spin-diode effect in a GMR nanowire with dipolar coupling
Abstract
An analytical model of the spin-diode effect induced by resonant spin-transfer torque in a ferromagnetic bilayer with strong dipolar coupling provides the resonance frequencies and the lineshapes of the magnetic field spectra obtained under field or laser-light modulation. The effect of laser irradiation is accounted for by introducing the temperature dependence of the saturation magnetization and anisotropy, as well as thermal spin-transfer torques. The predictions of the model are compared with experimental data obtained with single Co/Cu/Co spin valves, embedded in nanowires and produced by electrodeposition. Temperature modulation provides excellent signal-to-noise ratio. High temperature-modulation frequency is possible because these nanostructures have a very small heat capacity and are only weakly heat-sunk. The two forms of modulation give rise to qualitative differences in the spectra that are accounted for by the model.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 2017
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1706.01036
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1706.01036
- Bibcode:
- 2017arXiv170601036O
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Materials Science
- E-Print:
- J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 52 065002 (2019)