title: Electrical control of the direction of spin accumulation.
abstract: We are able to continuously change the direction of polarization of spin accumulation in a nonmagnetic metal by varying the currents injected by two ferromagnetic spin injectors. From measurements made at a distance from the injection area, we find a cosvarphi variation of the spin signal. This confirms that the angle of polarization of the nonlocal spin polarization with respect to the magnetization of the fixed spin detector is continuously varied as we change the injection currents. We give an explanation for the origin of this simple cosvarphi variation of the spin signal.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Yoshichika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Levy