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Alejandro O Leon1, Adam B Cahaya1, Gerrit E W Bauer1,2
1Institute for Materials Research, WPI-AIMR, and CSRN, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Abstract:
The large spin-orbit interaction in the lanthanides implies a strong coupling between their internal charge and spin degrees of freedom. We formulate the coupling between the voltage and the local magnetic moments of rare-earth atoms with a partially filled 4f shell at the interface between an insulator and a metal. The rare-earth-mediated torques allow the power-efficient control of spintronic devices by electric-field-induced ferromagnetic resonance and magnetization switching.
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