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Search Publications by: Mark D. Stiles (Fed)

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A new connection between electricity and magnetism

February 9, 2009
Author(s)
Robert D. McMichael, Mark D. Stiles
A Viewpoint on ``Universal Electromotive Force Induced by Domain Wall Motion,'' Shengyuan A. Yang, Geoffrey S. D. Beach, Carl Knutson, Di Xiao, Qian Niu, Maxim Tsoi and James L. Erskine.

A New Spin on the Doppler Effect

October 17, 2008
Author(s)
Mark D. Stiles, Robert D. McMichael
The coupling between ferromagnetism and electrical current has recently been the object of intense study because of the combination of interesting scientific developments and the potential technological impact. This coupling is mediated by spin current

Ab Initio Studies of the Spin-Transfer Torque in Tunnel Junctions

May 9, 2008
Author(s)
Christian Heiliger, Mark D. Stiles
We calculate the spin-transfer torque in Fe/MgO/Fe tunnel junctions and analyze the results in comparison to all-metallic junctions. We show that the spin-transfer torque is interfacial in the ferromagnetic layer to a greater degree than in spin-valve

Spin Transfer Torques

April 1, 2008
Author(s)
Daniel C. Ralph, Mark D. Stiles
This tutorial article is designed for beginning graduate students who are interested in the physics of spin transfer torques in magnetic devices. We provide an elementary discussion of the mechanism of spin transfer torque, and review the theoretical and

'Ballistic' vs. 'Diffusive' Transport in Current-Induced Magnetization Switching

December 21, 2007
Author(s)
N Theodoropoulou, Abhishek Sharma, W Pratt, J. Bass, Mark D. Stiles, J Xiao
We test whether current-induced magnetization switching due to spin-transfer-torque in ferromagnetic/non-magnetic/ferromagnetic (F/N/F) trilayers changes significantly when scattering within the N-metal layers is changed from ballistic to diffusive. Here

Imaging the interface of epitaxial graphene with silicon carbide via scanning tunneling microscopy

December 14, 2007
Author(s)
Gregory M. Rutter, N Guisinger, Jason Crain, Emily Jarvis, Mark D. Stiles, T Li, P First, Joseph A. Stroscio
The potential for electronics based on graphene, a single layer of sp2-bonded carbon atoms, rests on the ability to fabricate graphene into useful devices. Graphene grown epitaxially on SiC substrates offers an avenue for carbon-based electronics allowing

A Numerical Method to Solve the Boltzmann Equation for a Spin Valve

October 1, 2007
Author(s)
J Xiao, A Zangwill, Mark D. Stiles
We present a numerical algorithm to solve the Boltzmann equation for the electron distribution function in magnetic multilayer heterostructures with non-collinear magnetizations. The solution is based on a scattering matrix formalism for layers that are

Theory of Spin Transfer Torque

September 1, 2007
Author(s)
Mark D. Stiles
In magnetic multilayers, the spin polarized currents flowing between the magnetic layers can exert torques on the magnetizations of the layers when the magnetizations are not collinear. The theory of these spin transfer torques is developed in terms of

Adiabatic Domain Wall Motion and Landau-Lifshitz Damping

January 1, 2007
Author(s)
Mark D. Stiles, Wayne M. Saslow, Michael J. Donahue, A Zangwill
Recent theory and measurements of the velocity of current-driven domain walls in magnetic nanowires have re-opened the unresolved question of whether Landau-Lifshitz damping or Gilbert damping provides the more natural description of dissipative