Within the macroscopic model we have calculated spin-transfer torque in asymmetric spin valves in the diffusive transport limit.Such systems exhibit a non-standard angular dependence of the torque, which leads to current-induced precessional modes at zero external magnetic field. We have found that the frequency of magnetoresistance oscillations exhibits hysteretic behavior when the system is driven between two steady precessional regimes. A finite temperature can suppress the irreversibility and give rise to bistable regime where, both the precessional regimes coexist.
Spin effects in electronic transport properties of artificial magnetic structures, like nanopillar spin valves, tunnel junctions, mesoscopic double-barrier junctions (single-electron transistors) are briefly discussed. Two classes of spin effects are distinguished; i.e. magnetoresistance phenomena due to magnetization rotation, and current-induced magnetic switching and magnetic dynamics.
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