Manipulation of a magnetic state by a spin-polarized current is one of the exciting topics in solid state physics. We succeeded in driving a magnetic domain wall (DW) in magnetic nanowire by an electric current flowing through the wire. Figure 1 (a) shows a schematic illustration of a top view of a sample. One end of the L-shaped wire is connected to a diamond shaped pad which acts as a DW inje...

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An unusual enhancement of resistance i.e., a “superresistivity” below a certain characteristic temperature Tsr was observed in granular Bi nanowires. This “superresistive” state was found to be dependent on the applied magnetic field as well as the excitation current. The suppression of Tsr by magnetic field resembles that of a superconductor. The observed superresistivity appears to be related...

The interaction between a dc spin-polarized electric current and a magnetic domain wall in a Permalloy nanowire was studied by high-bandwidth scanning Kerr polarimetry. The full functional dependence of wall velocity on electric current and magnetic field is presented. With the pinning potential nulled by a field, current-induced velocity enhancements exceeded 35 m/s at a current density of app...

While bulk bismuth (Bi) is a semimetal, we have found clear evidence of superconductivity in 72 nm diameter crystalline Bi nanowire below 1.3 K. In a parallel magnetic field (H), the residual resistance of the nanowire below T(c) displays periodic oscillations with H, and the period corresponds to a superconducting flux quantum. This result indicates that the superconductivity originates from t...

In this work, we developed an eco-friendly strategy for preparing Co3O4 nanowires. The process consisted of two steps: controllable synthesis of metal cobalt nanowires followed by a facile air-oxidization step. The 1D nanowire structure with a high aspect ratio was easily achieved via a magnetic-field-assisted self-assembly of cobalt ion complexes during reduction. After air-calcinations, the C...

The spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in semiconductors is strongly influenced by structural asymmetries, as prominently observed in bulk crystal structures that lack inversion symmetry. Here we study an additional effect on the SOC: the asymmetry induced by the large interface area between a nanowire core and its surrounding shell. Our experiments on purely wurtzite GaAs/AlGaAs core/shell nanowires de...

Isolation of four distinct nanostructured Ni products is demonstrated in a well-controlled chemical vapor deposition process. These nanostructures include core–shell Ni–NiO nanowires, horizontally oriented nanowires, vertically oriented nanowires, and fully isometric cubic crystals all obtained upon an amorphous SiO2kSi growth substrate from an identical metal halide precursor. Transmission ele...

A semiconductor nanowire quantum dot with strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) can be used to achieve a spin-orbit qubit. In contrast to a spin qubit, the spin-orbit qubit can respond to an external ac electric field, an effect called electric-dipole spin resonance. Here we develop a theory that can apply in the strong SOC regime. We find that there is an optimal SOC strength η(opt)=√2/2, where the...

We consider a finite-length ferromagnetic nanowire, in which the evolution of the magnetization vector is governed by the Landau-Lishitz equation. We first compute all steady-states of this equation, and prove that they share a quantization property in terms of a certain energy. We study their local stability properties. Then we address the problem of controlling and stabilizing steady-states b...