Spinmotive force

Ieda, Junichi   ; Maekawa, Sadamichi

This chapter reviews spinmotive force (SMF), which is an emerging concept that is responsible for generating spin current and electric voltage in magnetic conductors. The SMF is induced in magnetic nanostructures via the exchange interaction between conduction spin and magnetization. Various types of the spin electric fields are found: adiabatic, nonadiabatic, and their spin-orbit coupled equivalents. In experiment, the adiabatic contributions with/without spin-orbit coupling have been observed whereas detecting nonadiabatic effects is challenging. The SMF offers electrical detection of magnetization dynamics, which would allow us to monitor the elusive dynamics of antiferromagnets.