Effect of Energy Barrier Distribution on Current-Induced Magnetization Switching with Short Current Pulses

Evaluation of current distribution induced on perfect electrically conducting scatterers

Measuring the distribution of current fluctuations through a Josephson junction with very short current pulses

We propose to probe the distribution of current fluctuations by means of the escape probability histogram of a Josephson junction (JJ), obtained using very short bias current pulses in the adiabatic regime, where the low-frequency component of the current fluctuations plays a crucial role. We analyze the effect of the third cumulant on the histogram in the small skewness limit, and address two ...

On a Model of Magnetization Switching by Spin-polarized Current

This paper is concerned with global existence of weak solutions to a model equations of magnetization reversal by spin-polarized current in a layer introduced in [18]. The local magnetization of the ferromagnet satisfies the usual Landau-Lifshitz equation which is coupled to the nonlinear heat equation satisfied by the spin accumulation field defined in all the layer. The coupling is due to the...

Switching the current through molecular wires with Gaussian laser pulses

– The influence of Gaussian laser pulses on the transport through molecular wires is investigated within a tight-binding model for spinless electrons including correlation. Motivated by the phenomenon of coherent destruction of tunneling for monochromatic laser fields, situations are studied in which the maximum amplitude of the electric field fulfills the conditions for the destructive quantum...

Temperature dependence of current-induced magnetization switching in spin valves with a ferrimagnetic CoGd free layer.

The temperature dependence of current-induced magnetization switching of ferrimagnetic CoGd free layers in spin valves is explored. At temperatures well above and well below the magnetization compensation temperature (T(MC)) of CoGd, a current flowing from the free layer to the CoFe fixed layer aligns the moments of the two layers parallel, and a current flowing in the opposite direction aligns...