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Abstract
We analyze the influence of current-induced torques on the magnetization configuration of a ferromagnet in a circuit containing a compensated antiferromagnet. We argue that these torques are generically nonzero and determine their form by considering spin-dependent scattering at a compensated antiferromagnetic interface. Because of symmetry dictated differences in the form of the current-induced torque, the phase diagram which expresses the dependence of the ferromagnetic configuration on the current and external magnetic field differs qualitatively from its ferromagnet-only counterpart.Year: 2008 PMID: 18518471 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.196801
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161