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Spin Polarization of Nonequilibrium Conduction Electrons in Magnetic Junctions

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An original equation for nonequilibrium spin polarization in magnetic junctions based on dynamic equations for magnetic moment was obtained. Spatial nonuniformity of the distribution of carriers is taken into account in the equations, and the magnetic moment is averaged over the ensemble of nonequilibrium spin-injected electrons. The solution to the dynamic equations for the magnetic moment is used to estimate the probability of spin-flip electron transitions upon spin injection, and the solution to the equation for the nonequilibrium spin polarization in magnetic junctions is used to calculate frequencies of photon emission or absorption at energies corresponding to the energy of effective exchange splitting of spin subbands.

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This work was supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project nos. 18-57-76001 ERA_a, 18-29-27020 mk, and 19-29-03015 mk) and State Program no. 075-00475-19-00.

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    E. A. Vilkov, S. A. Nikitov, M. V. Logunov & S. G. Chigarev

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Vilkov, E.A., Nikitov, S.A., Logunov, M.V. et al. Spin Polarization of Nonequilibrium Conduction Electrons in Magnetic Junctions. J. Commun. Technol. Electron. 64, 1422–1430 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064226919100139

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