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Current-induced magnetization switching by spin-orbit torque (SOT) holds considerable promise for next generation ultralow-power memory and logic applications. In most cases, generation of spin-orbit torques has relied on an external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-03 Yu Sheng , Yi Cao , Kevin William Edmonds , Yang Ji , Houzhi Zheng , Kaiyou Wang

Current-induced spin-orbit torques provide a versatile tool for switching magnetic devices. In perpendicular magnets, the dampinglike component of the torque is the main driver of magnetization reversal. The degree to which the fieldlike…

During the past 15 years a new field has emerged, which combines superconductivity and spintronics, with the goal to pave a way for new types of devices for applications combining the virtues of both by offering the possibility of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-02-02 M. Eschrig

In this paper we discuss the potential of emerging spintorque devices for computing applications. Recent proposals for spinbased computing schemes may be differentiated as all-spin vs. hybrid, programmable vs. fixed, and, Boolean vs.…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-08-19 Kaushik Roy , Mrigank Sharad , Deliang Fan , Karthik Yogendra

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in spin-orbit torques (SOTs) for manipulating the magnetization in nonvolatile magnetic memory devices. SOTs rely on the spin-orbit coupling of a nonmagnetic material coupled to a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-19 Jan Hidding , Marcos H. D. Guimarães

Spin currents can modify the magnetic state of ferromagnetic ultrathin films through spin-orbit torque. They may be generated by means of spin-orbit interaction by either bulk or interfacial phenomena. Electrical transport measurements…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-27 A. Anadón , R. Guerrero , J. A. Jover-Galtier , A. Gudín , J. M. Díez , P. Olleros-Rodríguez , R. Miranda , J. Camarero , P. Perna

Orbitronics explores the control and manipulation of electronic orbital angular momentum in solid-state systems, opening new pathways for information processing and storage. One significant advantage of orbitronics over spintronics is that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Tarik P. Cysne , Luis M. Canonico , Marcio Costa , R. B. Muniz , Tatiana G. Rappoport

Along with the progress of spin science and spintronics research, the flow of electron spins, (i.e. spin current), has attracted interest. New phenomena and electronic states were explained in succession using the concept of spin current.…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-20 Sadamichi Maekawa , Takashi Kikkawa , Hiroyuki Chudo , Jun'ichi Ieda , Eiji Saitoh

Spin-orbit coupling enables charge currents to give rise to spin currents and vice versa, which has applications in non-volatile magnetic memories, miniature microwave oscillators, thermoelectric converters and Terahertz devices. In the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Angie Davidson , Vivek P. Amin , Wafa S. Aljuaid , Paul M. Haney , Xin Fan

The torque generated by the transfer of spin angular momentum from a spin-polarized current to a nanoscale ferromagnet can switch the orientation of the nanomagnet much more efficiently than a current-generated magnetic field, and is…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. -T. Cui , J. C. Sankey , C. Wang , K. V. Thadani , Z. -P. Li , R. A. Buhrman , D. C. Ralph

Perpendicular MgO-based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions are optimal candidates as building block of Spin Transfer Torque (STT) magnetoresistive memories. However, up to now, the only STT is not enough to achieve switching current density below…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-13 M. Carpentieri , R. Tomasello , M. Ricci , P. Burrascano , G. Finocchio

In this article we briefly review the current state of the experimental research on spin polarized transport in organic semiconductors. These systems, which include small molecular weight compounds and polymers, are central in the rapidly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-10 Kazi M. Alam , Sandipan Pramanik

We consider a biaxial macrospin with an easy and hard axis, and study its dynamical evolution under the combined effects of thermal noise and spin transfer torque. The spin-torque is associated with both a perpendicularly magnetized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Daniele Pinna , Daniel L. Stein , Andrew D. Kent

Spin-orbit torque facilitates efficient magnetization switching via an in-plane current in perpendicularly magnetized heavy metal/ferromagnet heterostructures. The efficiency of spin-orbit-torque-induced switching is determined by the…

Over the past decade a large family of spintronic devices have been proposed as candidates for replacing CMOS for future digital logic circuits. Using the recently developed Modular Approach framework, we investigate and identify the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-27 Samiran Ganguly , Kerem Yunus Camsari , Supriyo Datta

Antiferromagnetic spintronics is an emerging research field whose focus is on the electrical and optical control of the antiferromagnetic order parameter and its utility in information technology devices. An example of recently discovered…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 O. Gomonay , T. Jungwirth , J. Sinova

The reversal of perpendicular magnetization (PM) by electric control is crucial for high-density integration of low-power magnetic random-access memory (MRAM). Although the spin-transfer torque (STT) and spin-orbit torque (SOT) technologies…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-17 Xing-Guo Ye , Peng-Fei Zhu , Wen-Zheng Xu , Nianze Shang , Kaihui Liu , Zhi-Min Liao

There is a renewed interest to study spin-polarized transport and spin dynamics in various electronic materials. The motivation to examine the spin degrees of freedom (mostly in electrons, but also in holes and nuclei) comes from various…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Igor Zutic

Spintronic devices have been widely studied for the hardware realization of artificial neurons. The stochastic switching of magnetic tunnel junction driven by the spin torque is commonly used to produce the sigmoid activation function.…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Yue Xin , Kang Zhou , Xuanyao Fong , Yumeng Yang , Shenghua Gao , Zhifeng Zhu

In this article we analyze by modeling two possible mechanisms for magnetization switching using spin orbit torques, which have been reported to cause field-free deterministic switching in experiments. Here we compare the field-free…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 F. Garcia-Sanchez , G. Soares , M. Pasquale
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