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Spin accumulation and spin transfer torques induced by Spin Hall Effect in bi-layer structures comprising ferromagnetic and paramagnetic materials are theoretically investigated. The charge and spin diffusion equations taking into account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-15 A. Vedyayev , N. Strelkov , M. Chshiev , N. Ryzhanova , B. Dieny

We report experimental and analytical work on spin-transfer torque induced vortex dynamics in metallic nanopillars with in-plane magnetized layers. We study nanopillars with a diameter of 150 nm, containing two Fe layers with a thickness of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-14 Volker Sluka , Attila Kakay , Alina M. Deac , Daniel E. Bürgler , Riccardo Hertel , Claus M. Schneider

The manipulation of magnetization via Magnetic torques is one of the most important phenomena in spintronics. In thin films, conventionally, a charge current flowing in a heavy metal is used to generate transverse spin currents and to exert…

This paper reviews the state of the art in spin-torque and spin Hall effect driven nano-oscillators. After a brief introduction to the underlying physics, the authors discuss different implementations of these oscillators, their functional…

Magnetic trilayers having large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) and high spin-orbit torques (SOTs) efficiency are the key to fabricate nonvolatile magnetic memory and logic devices. In this work, PMA and SOTs are systematically…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Baoshan Cui , Dong Li , Shiwei Chen , Jijun Yun , Yalu Zuo , Xiaobin Guo , Kai Wu , Xu Zhang , Yupei Wang , Dezheng Yang , Meizhen Gao , Li Xi

In this work, we experimentally investigate spin and orbital torque phenomena using the spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) technique in a series of bilayer systems composed of different normal metal (NM) materials. Permalloy (Py)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 J. L. Costa , E. Santos , A. Y. M. Tani , J. B. S. Mendes , A. Azevedo

In this work we report observation of in-plane current induced out-of-plane magnetic field driven torque in spin valve structure. Since ferromagnet has high spin orbit coupling it is expected to be the source of spin-orbit-torque as it…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-27 Arnab Bose , Duc Duong Lam , Swapnil Bhuktare , Sutapa Dutta , Hanuman Singh , Shinji Miwa , Ashwin A. tulapurkar

We theoretically investigate the supercurrent-induced magnetization dynamics of a two-dimensional lattice of ferromagnetically ordered spins placed on a conventional superconductor with broken spatial inversion symmetry and strong…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-29 Kjetil M. D. Hals

We report the development of the [Pt0.75Ti0.25/Co-Ni multilayer/Ta]n superlattice with strong spin-orbit torque, large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, and low switching current density. We demonstrate that the efficiency of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-26 Xiaomiao Yin , Zhengxiao Li , Jun Kang , Changmin Xiong , Lijun Zhu

Magnetic torques generated through spin-orbit coupling promise energy-efficient spintronic devices. It is important for applications to control these torques so that they switch films with perpendicular magnetizations without an external…

We report unambiguously experimental evidence of a strong orbital current in Nb films with weak spin-orbit coupling via the spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) spectrum for Fe/Nb and Co/Nb bilayers. The sign change of the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-02-22 Fufu Liu , Bokai Liang , Jie Xu , Chenglong Jia , Changjun Jiang

A new current induced spin-torque transfer effect has been observed in a single ferromagnetic layer without resorting to multilayers. At a specific current density of one polarity injected from a point contact, abrupt resistance changes due…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. Ji , C. L. Chien

We experimentally investigate spin-orbit torques and spin pumping in NiFe/Pt bilayers with direct and interrupted interfaces. The damping-like and field-like torques are simultaneously measured with spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance tuned…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-16 Tianxiang Nan , Satoru Emori , Carl T. Boone , Xinjun Wang , Trevor M. Oxholm , John G. Jones , Brandon M. Howe , Gail J. Brown , Nian X. Sun

We propose a mechanism of torque generation by injection of an orbital current, which we call $\textit{orbital torque}$. In a magnetic bilayer consisting of a nonmagnet (NM) and a ferromagnet (FM), we consider a situation where the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-26 Dongwook Go , Hyun-Woo Lee

We present measurements of current-induced spin-orbit torques generated by NbSe$_2$, a fully-metallic transition-metal dichalcogenide material, made using the spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) technique with NbSe$_{2}$/Permalloy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Marcos H. D. Guimaraes , Gregory M. Stiehl , David MacNeill , Neal D. Reynolds , Daniel C. Ralph

Using measurements of the spectra of microwave-frequency resistance oscillations, we determine the phase diagram of magnetic excitations caused by torques from DC spin-polarized currents in (thin permalloy)/copper/(thick permalloy)…

Motivated by recent observations of unconventional out-of-plane dampinglike torque in \ch{WTe2}/Permalloy bilayer systems, we calculate the spin-orbit torque generated in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD)-ferromagnet…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-07 Fei Xue , Christoph Rohmann , Junwen Li , Vivek Amin , Paul Haney

In spin torque magnetic memories, electrically actuated spin currents are used to switch a magnetic bit. Typically, these require a multilayer geometry including both a free ferromagnetic layer and a second layer providing spin injection.…

We present a comprehensive study of the current-induced spin-orbit torques in perpendicularly magnetized Ta/CoFeB/MgO layers. The samples were annealed in steps up to 300 degrees C and characterized using x-ray absorption spectroscopy,…

We formulate a theory of current-induced spin torques in inhomogeneous III-V ferromagnetic semiconductors. The carrier spin-3/2 and large spin-orbit interaction, leading to spin non-conservation, introduce significant conceptual differences…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-13 Dimitrie Culcer , M. E. Lucassen , R. A. Duine , R. Winkler