Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance

Autores
Fernández, Lucas Jonatan; Pastawski, Horacio Miguel
Año de publicación
2014
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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We describe the spin-dependent quantum conductance in a wire where a magnetic eld is spatially modulated. The change in direction and intensity of the magnetic eld acts as aperturbation that mixes spin projections. This is exempli ed by a ferromagnetic nanowire. Therethe local eld varies smoothly its direction generating a domain wall (DW) as described by thewell-known Cabrera-Falicov model. Here, we generalize this model to include also a strength mod-ulation. We identify two striking diabatic regimes that appear when such magnetic inhogeneityoccurs. 1) If the eld strength at the DW is weak enough, the local Zeeman energies result in anavoided crossing. Thus, the spin- ip probability follows the Landau-Zener formula. 2) For strong elds, the spin-dependent conductance shows oscillations as a function of the DW width. Weinterpret them in terms of Rabi oscillations. Time and length scales obtained from this simpli edview show an excellent agreement with the exact dynamical solution of the spin-dependent trans-port. These results remain valid for other situations involving modulated magnetic structures andthus they open new prospects for the use of quantum interferences in spin-based devices.
Fil: Fernández, Lucas Jonatan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina
Fil: Pastawski, Horacio Miguel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola; Argentina
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Spin polarized transport
Magnetoelectronics
spintronics
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spelling Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductanceFernández, Lucas JonatanPastawski, Horacio MiguelSpin polarized transportMagnetoelectronicsspintronicshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We describe the spin-dependent quantum conductance in a wire where a magnetic eld is spatially modulated. The change in direction and intensity of the magnetic eld acts as aperturbation that mixes spin projections. This is exempli ed by a ferromagnetic nanowire. Therethe local eld varies smoothly its direction generating a domain wall (DW) as described by thewell-known Cabrera-Falicov model. Here, we generalize this model to include also a strength mod-ulation. We identify two striking diabatic regimes that appear when such magnetic inhogeneityoccurs. 1) If the eld strength at the DW is weak enough, the local Zeeman energies result in anavoided crossing. Thus, the spin- ip probability follows the Landau-Zener formula. 2) For strong elds, the spin-dependent conductance shows oscillations as a function of the DW width. Weinterpret them in terms of Rabi oscillations. Time and length scales obtained from this simpli edview show an excellent agreement with the exact dynamical solution of the spin-dependent trans-port. These results remain valid for other situations involving modulated magnetic structures andthus they open new prospects for the use of quantum interferences in spin-based devices.Fil: Fernández, Lucas Jonatan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; ArgentinaFil: Pastawski, Horacio Miguel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola; ArgentinaEurophysics Letters2014-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/31829Pastawski, Horacio Miguel; Fernández, Lucas Jonatan; Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance; Europhysics Letters; Europhysics Letters; 105; 1-2014; 17005-170110295-5075CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/105/17005/metainfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1209/0295-5075/105/17005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:04:44Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/31829instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:04:44.456CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance
title Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance
spellingShingle Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance
Fernández, Lucas Jonatan
Spin polarized transport
Magnetoelectronics
spintronics
title_short Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance
title_full Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance
title_fullStr Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance
title_full_unstemmed Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance
title_sort Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernández, Lucas Jonatan
Pastawski, Horacio Miguel
author Fernández, Lucas Jonatan
author_facet Fernández, Lucas Jonatan
Pastawski, Horacio Miguel
author_role author
author2 Pastawski, Horacio Miguel
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Spin polarized transport
Magnetoelectronics
spintronics
topic Spin polarized transport
Magnetoelectronics
spintronics
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We describe the spin-dependent quantum conductance in a wire where a magnetic eld is spatially modulated. The change in direction and intensity of the magnetic eld acts as aperturbation that mixes spin projections. This is exempli ed by a ferromagnetic nanowire. Therethe local eld varies smoothly its direction generating a domain wall (DW) as described by thewell-known Cabrera-Falicov model. Here, we generalize this model to include also a strength mod-ulation. We identify two striking diabatic regimes that appear when such magnetic inhogeneityoccurs. 1) If the eld strength at the DW is weak enough, the local Zeeman energies result in anavoided crossing. Thus, the spin- ip probability follows the Landau-Zener formula. 2) For strong elds, the spin-dependent conductance shows oscillations as a function of the DW width. Weinterpret them in terms of Rabi oscillations. Time and length scales obtained from this simpli edview show an excellent agreement with the exact dynamical solution of the spin-dependent trans-port. These results remain valid for other situations involving modulated magnetic structures andthus they open new prospects for the use of quantum interferences in spin-based devices.
Fil: Fernández, Lucas Jonatan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina
Fil: Pastawski, Horacio Miguel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola; Argentina
description We describe the spin-dependent quantum conductance in a wire where a magnetic eld is spatially modulated. The change in direction and intensity of the magnetic eld acts as aperturbation that mixes spin projections. This is exempli ed by a ferromagnetic nanowire. Therethe local eld varies smoothly its direction generating a domain wall (DW) as described by thewell-known Cabrera-Falicov model. Here, we generalize this model to include also a strength mod-ulation. We identify two striking diabatic regimes that appear when such magnetic inhogeneityoccurs. 1) If the eld strength at the DW is weak enough, the local Zeeman energies result in anavoided crossing. Thus, the spin- ip probability follows the Landau-Zener formula. 2) For strong elds, the spin-dependent conductance shows oscillations as a function of the DW width. Weinterpret them in terms of Rabi oscillations. Time and length scales obtained from this simpli edview show an excellent agreement with the exact dynamical solution of the spin-dependent trans-port. These results remain valid for other situations involving modulated magnetic structures andthus they open new prospects for the use of quantum interferences in spin-based devices.
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Pastawski, Horacio Miguel; Fernández, Lucas Jonatan; Landau-Zener and Rabi oscillations in the spin-dependent conductance; Europhysics Letters; Europhysics Letters; 105; 1-2014; 17005-17011
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