Theory of unidirectional spin heat conveyer

Hiroto Adachi, Sadamichi Maekawa

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Abstract

We theoretically investigate the unidirectional spin heat conveyer effect recently reported in the literature that emerges from the Damon-Eshbach spin wave on the surface of a magnetic material. We develop a simple phenomenological theory for heat transfer dynamics in a coupled system of phonons and the Damon-Eshbach spin wave, and demonstrate that there arises a direction-selective heat flow as a result of the competition between an isotropic heat diffusion by phonons and a unidirectional heat drift by the spin wave. The phenomenological approach can account for the asymmetric local temperature distribution observed in the experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Article number17C710
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume117
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 7 2015
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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