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We report the observation of a unidirectional magnetoresistance (UMR) that originates from the nonequilibrium orbital momentum induced by an electric current in a naturally oxidized Cu/Co bilayer. The orbital-UMR scales with the torque…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-09-21 Shilei Ding , Paul Noël , Gunasheel Kauwtilyaa Krishnaswamy , Pietro Gambardella

We analyze the experimentally obtained spin-current-related magnetoresistance in epitaxial Pt/Co bilayers by using a drift-diffusion model that incorporates both bulk spin Hall effect and interfacial Rashba-Edelstein effect (REE). The…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-03-18 Ye Du , Saburo Takahashi , Junsaku Nitta

We experimentally investigate the current-induced magnetization reversal in Pt/[Co/Ni]$_3$/Al multilayers combining the anomalous Hall effect and magneto-optical Kerr effect techniques in crossbar geometry. The magnetization reversal occurs…

In ferromagnetic metals, the interconversion of spin and charge currents via the spin Hall effect and its inverse can depend on the angle between the ferromagnets magnetization and the spin current polarization direction. Here, such a…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-03-27 Joel Cramer , Andrew Ross , Samridh Jaiswal , Lorenzo Baldrati , Romain Lebrun , Mathias Kläui

The control of unconventional magnetism, which displays ferromagnetism-like properties with compensated magnetization, has drawn intense attention for advancing antiferromagnetic spintronics. Here, through symmetry analysis, we propose a…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-15 Yongqian Zhu , Mingqiang Gu , Yuntian Liu , Xiaobing Chen , Yuhui Li , Shixuan Du , Qihang Liu

Combining pairs of ferromagnetic metals with different signs of scattering anisotropies, let us independently invert the magnetoresistance and the direction of current-driven switching in ferromagnetic/non-magnetic/ferromagnetic metal…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-29 M. AlHajDarwish , H. Kurt , S. Urazhdin , A. Fert , R. Loloee , W. P. Pratt , J. Bass

The magnetic state of heavy metal Pt thin films in proximity to the ferrimagnetic insulator Y$_{3}$Fe$_{5}$O$_{12}$ has been investigated systematically by means of x-ray magnetic circular dichroism and x-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity…

Magnetoresistive effects are typically symmetric under magnetization reversal. However, nonlinear spin transport can give rise to unidirectional magnetoresistance in systems with strong spin-orbit interaction and broken inversion symmetry.…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-29 Xue He , Hans Gløckner Giil , Caiqiong Xu , Jicheng Wang , Arne Brataas , Jinbo Yang , Yanglong Hou , Rui Wu , Shilei Ding

Pure spin currents hold promises for an energy-friendlier spintronics. They can be generated by a flow of charge along a non-magnetic metal having a large spin-orbit coupling. It produces a spin accumulation at its surfaces, controllable by…

We study current-induced switching of the N\'eel vector in CoO/Pt bilayers to understand the underlaying antiferromagnetic switching mechanism. Surprisingly, we find that for ultra-thin CoO/Pt bilayers electrical pulses along the same path…

Many Heusler compounds are predicted to be ferromagnetic half metals in the bulk, which makes them promising compounds for spintronics. However, for devices the transport spin polarization at specific interfaces requires optimization. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-18 C. Lidig , J. Cramer , L. Weißhoff , T. R. Thomas , T. Kessler , M. Kläui , M. Jourdan

Magnetoresistance measurements in the CPP geometry have been performed on single electrodeposited Co nanowires exchange biased on one side by a sputtered amorphous GdCo layer. This geometry allows the stabilization of a single domain wall…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 J. -E. Wegrowe , A. Comment , Y. Jaccard , J. -Ph. Ansermet , N. M. Dempsey , J-P. Nozieres

The spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) effect arises from spin-transfer processes across the interface between a spin Hall active metal and an insulating magnet. While the SMR response of ferrimagnetic and antiferromagnetic insulators has…

Nanoscale bilayers containing at least one magnetic layer exhibit universal unusual anisotropic magnetoresistance (UAMR) and unidirectional magnetoresistance (UMR). They are currently understood through various mechanisms related to the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-06 X. R. Wang

In a bulk GaAs crystal, an unusual magnetoresistance effect, which takes place when a spin-polarized current flows through the sample, was detected. Under conditions of optical pumping of electron spins, an external magnetic field directed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-01 M. D. Ragoza , N. V. Kozyrev , S. V. Nekrasov , B. R. Namozov , Yu. G. Kusrayev , N. Bart , A. Ludwig , A. D. Wieck

We perform electronic measurements of unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance (USMR) in a Permalloy/Pt bilayer, in conjunction with magneto-optical Brillouin light spectroscopy of spin current-driven magnon population. We show that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-29 I. V. Borisenko , V. E. Demidov , S. Urazhdin , A. B. Rinkevich , S. O. Demokritov

We study magnetotransport in conical helimagnet crystals. Spin dependent magnetoresistance exhibits dramatic properties for high and low electron concentrations at different temperatures. For spin up electrons we find negative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-03 Raz Rivlis , Andrei Zadorozhnyi , Yuri Dahnovsky

The aim of voltage control of magnetism is to reduce the power consumption of spintronic devices. For a spin valve, the magnetization directions of two ferromagnetic layers determine the giant magnetoresistance magnitude. However, achieving…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-28 Lujun Wei , Yiyang Zhang , Fei Huang , Jiajv Yang , Jincheng Peng , Yanghui Li , Yu Lu , Jiarui Chen , Tianyu Liu , Yong Pu , Jun Du

Thanks to its unique symmetry, the unidirectional spin Hall and Rashba-Edelstein magnetoresistance (USRMR) is of great fundamental and practical interest, particularly in the context of reading magnetization states in two-terminal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Yang Lv , James Kally , Tao Liu , Protyush Sahu , Mingzhong Wu , Nitin Samarth , Jian-Ping Wang

In this work, we present an experimental study of spin mediated enhanced negative magnetoresistance in Ni80Fe20 (50 nm)/p-Si (350 nm) bilayer. The resistance measurement shows a reduction of ~2.5% for the bilayer specimen as compared to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-08 Paul C Lou , Sandeep Kumar