Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics, Part 1 (Basic), Week 4, Home Work HW 4.1. TMR: In Lecture M4.

1 we obtained the expression

MR =

P2 1! P

, if Rch = 0 2

where P !

R"r R+r

assuming that any two resistors R1 and R2 in series give a total resistance of R1 + R2. Assuming that for tunnel resistors, R1 and R2 in series give a total resistance of K R1R2, K being a constant, show that the MR involves an extra factor of 2:
MR = 2P2 1 ! P2

HW 4.2. Non-local spin potential: In Lecture M4.3, we discussed the potential variation in a non-local structure. Show that the spin voltage measured by the output probe is given by
VS = P 1P2 I RS e
! L / " sf

where P1 and P2 are the polarizations of the injecting and detecting contacts and
RS =

!" sf / A

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Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics, Part 1 (Basic), Week 2, Home Work

of a magnet is described by the HW 4.3. LLG Equation: The magnetization m Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation. With some simplifying conditions, the for a magnet with its easy axis along the zequation for the z-component of m direction reduces to

(1 + ! 2 )

dmz dt

2 = (1 " mz ) ! # 0 ( H K mz + H )

Show that the stable solutions to this equation look like

HW 4.4. Switching current: For magnets driven by a spin current IS in the zdirection, the equation from HW 4.3 is replaced by
(1 + ! 2 ) dmz dt I ' 2 $ = (1 " mz ) & ! # 0 H K mz + S ) qN S ( %

where NS is the number of spins comprising the magnet related to the saturation magnetization MS and volume V by
N S = M SV / B

Show that the minimum spin current needed to switch is given by

( I S )switching

= 2 q!

H K M SV !

Estimate the numerical value for the minimum switching current for a magnet with H K M SV = 2 KuV = 2 eV and damping parameter ! = 0.01.

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