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In our JunPy package, we have combined the first-principles calculated self-consistent Hamiltonian with divide-and-conquer technique to successfully determine the magnetic anisotropy (MA) in an Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). We…

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In Weyl semimetals, the nonlinear planar Hall effect (NPHE) and spin-orbit torque (SOT) are prominent manifestations of nonlinear and linear charge-spin conversion, respectively. However, simultaneous investigations of these phenomena…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-02 Tao Tang , Mengzhou Li , Bin Lao , Xuan Zheng , Wei Zhou , Xiaofeng Xu , Jie Pang , You-guo Shi , Run-Wei Li , Zhiming Wang

Spin polarized currents are employed to efficiently manipulate the magnetization of ferromagnetic ultrathin films by exerting a torque on it. If the spin currents are generated by means of the spin-orbit interaction between a ferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-07 R. Guerrero , A. Anadon , A. Gudin , J. M. Diez , P. Olleros-Rodriguez , M. Muñoz , R. Miranda , J. Camarero , P. Perna

We characterize spin wave propagation and its modification by an electrical current in Permalloy(Py)/Pt bilayers with Py thickness between 4 and 20 nm. First, we analyze the frequency non-reciprocity of surface spin waves and extract from…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-01-15 O. Gladii , M. Collet , Y. Henry , J. -V. Kim , A. Anane , M. Bailleul

Using a multilayer structure containing (cobalt detector layer)/(copper spacer)/(Permalloy source layer), we show experimentally how the non-reorientable spin-orbit torque generated by the Permalloy source layer (the component of spin-orbit…

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Field-free switching of perpendicular magnetization has been observed in an epitaxial L1$_1$-ordered CoPt/CuPt bilayer and attributed to spin-orbit torque (SOT) arising from the crystallographic $3m$ point group of the interface. Using a…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-31 Wuzhang Fang , Edward Schwartz , Alexey A. Kovalev , K. D. Belashchenko

Harmonic measurements of the longitudinal and transverse voltages in Bi-Sb/Co bilayers are presented. A large second harmonic voltage signal due to the ordinary Nernst effect is observed. In experiments where a magnetic field is rotated in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 Niklas Roschewsky , Emily S. Walker , Praveen Gowtham , Sarah Muschinske , Frances Hellman , Seth R. Bank , Sayeef Salahuddin

When a ferromagnet is deposited on the surface of a topological insulator the topologically protected surface state develops a gap and becomes a 2-dimensional quantum Hall liquid. We demonstrate that the Hall current in such a liquid,…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-14 Ion Garate , M. Franz

We investigate the electronic structure and magnetic properties of a $J_\text{eff} = 1/2$ iridate Ca$_4$IrO$_6$ and the implications of doping electrons and holes using ab initio density functional theory. Our calculations considering…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-09-02 Avishek Singh , Jayita Chakraborty , Nirmal Ganguli

We introduce a minimal interface-scattering mechanism that produces a sizable anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) in metal/ferromagnet bilayers (e.g., Pt/YIG) without invoking bulk spin or orbital Hall currents. In a $\delta$-layer model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-17 Ivan Iorsh , Mikhail Titov

We use a perturbative approach to study the effects of interfacial spin-orbit coupling in magnetic multilayers by treating the two-dimensional Rashba model in a fully three-dimensional description of electron transport near an interface.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-04 Kyoung-Whan Kim , Kyung-Jin Lee , Jairo Sinova , Hyun-Woo Lee , M. D. Stiles

Fabrication of perpendicularly magnetized ferromagnetic films on various buffer layers, especially on numerous newly discovered spin-orbit torque (SOT) materials to construct energy-efficient spin-orbitronic devices, is a long-standing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Kaihua Lou , Tunan Xie , Qianwen Zhao , Baiqing Jiang , ChaoChao Xia , Hanying Zhang , Zhihong Yao , Chong Bi

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…

Understanding and controlling the interfacial magnetic properties of ferromagnetic thin films are crucial for spintronic device applications. However, using conventional magnetometry, it is difficult to detect them separately from the bulk…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-06-21 Le Duc Anh , Noboru Okamoto , Munetoshi Seki , Hitoshi Tabata , Masaaki Tanaka , Shinobu Ohya

The emergence of the orbital degree of freedom in modern orbitronics offers a promising alternative to heavy metals for the efficient control of magnetization. In this context, identifying interfaces that exhibit orbital-momentum locking…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-23 N. Sebe , A. Pezo , S. Krishnia , S. Collin , J. -M. George , A. Fert , V. Cros , H. Jaffrès

We investigate the spin-transfer torque in a magnetic multilayer structure by means of a spin-diffusion model. The torque in the considered system, consisting of two magnetic layers separated by a conducting layer, is caused by a…

We study the electrical injection and detection of spin currents in a lateral spin valve device, using permalloy (Py) as ferromagnetic injecting and detecting electrodes and copper (Cu) as non-magnetic metal. Our multi-terminal geometry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. J. Jedema , M. S. Nijboer , A. T. Filip , B. J. van Wees

As a topological Dirac semimetal with controllable spin-orbit coupling and conductivity, PtSe$_2$, a transition-metal dichalcogenide, is a promising material for several applications from optoelectric to sensors. However, its potential for…

This study reports the magnetization switching induced by spin-orbit torque (SOT) from the spin current generated in Co2MnGa magnetic Weyl semimetal (WSM) thin films. We deposited epitaxial Co2MnGa thin films with highly B2-ordered…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-02-09 Ke Tang , Zhenchao Wen , Yong-Chang Lau , Hiroaki Sukegawa , Takeshi Seki , Seiji Mitani

A spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance study is performed in epitaxial $\mathrm{Fe / Ir_{15}Mn_{85}}$ bilayers with different Fe thicknesses. We measure a negative spin-Hall angle of a few percent in the antiferromagnetic IrMn in contrast to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-04 V. Tshitoyan , P. Wadley , M. Wang , A. W. Rushforth , A. J. Ferguson