Magnetoelectronic spin echo

Arne Brataas, Gergely Zaránd, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, Gerrit E.W. Bauer

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Abstract

We predict a spin echo in electron transport through layered ferromagnetic-normal-ferromagnetic metal structures: whereas a spin current polarized perpendicular to the magnetization direction decays when traversing a single homogeneous ferromagnet on the scale of the ferromagnetic spin-coherence length, it partially reappears by adding a second identical but antiparallel ferromagnet. This reentrant transverse spin current resembles the spin-echo effect in the magnetization of nuclei under pulsed excitations. We propose an experimental setup to measure the spin echo.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume91
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

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