Controlled enhancement of spin-current emission by three-magnon splitting

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 660-664

  Kurebayashi, Hidekazu ^a   Dzyapko, Oleksandr ^b   Demidov, Vladislav E ^b   Fang, Dong ^a   Ferguson, A J ^a   Demokritov, Sergej O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETISM; MOMENTUM;

CONDUCTION CARRIERS; ELECTRICAL CHARGES; EQUILIBRIUM ORIENTATIONS; MAGNETIC SUBSYSTEMS; MAGNON INTERACTIONS; SIMULTANEOUS TRANSFER; SPIN LATTICE COUPLING; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

EID: 80052065890     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3053     Document Type: Article

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