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The spin-orbit torques (SOTs) generated from topological insulators (TIs) have gained increasing attention in recent years. These TIs, which are typically formed by epitaxially grown chalcogenides, possess extremely high SOT efficiencies…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-18 Tian-Yue Chen , Cheng-Wei Peng , Tsung-Yu Tsai , Wei-Bang Liao , Chun-Te Wu , Hung-Wei Yen , Chi-Feng Pai

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-orbit torque (SOT) created by a spin current injected into a ferromagnet by an adjacent heavy metal represents an efficient tool for the excitation and manipulation of spin waves. Here we report the micromagnetic simulations describing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-20 Andrei I. Nikitchenko , Nikolay A. Pertsev

Spin-orbit torques (SOTs), which rely on spin current generation from charge current in a nonmagnetic material, promise an energy-efficient scheme for manipulating magnetization in magnetic devices. A critical topic for spintronic devices…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-28 Yuting Liu , Qiming Shao

Spintronic devices, such as non-volatile magnetic random access memories and logic devices, have attracted considerable attention as potential candidates for future high efficient data storage and computing technology. In a heavy metal or…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-08-01 Yi Wang , Rajagopalan Ramaswamy , Hyunsoo Yang

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) can be used to efficiently manipulate the magnetic state of magnetic materials, which is an essential element for memory and logic applications. Due to symmetry constraints, only in-plane spins can be injected into…

The capability of the spin-orbit torque (SOT) generated via phenomena such as the spin Hall effect in heavy metals, in switching the magnetization of an adjacent magnetic material, has been studied extensively over the last decade. The…

Finding and designing ferromagnets that operate above room temperature is crucial in advancing high-performance spintronic devices. The pioneering van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnet Fe$_{3}$GaTe$_{2}$ has extended the way for spintronic…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-25 Yuanji Xu , Xintao Jin , Jiacheng Xiang , Huiyuan Zhang , Fuyang Tian

Spin-orbit torques (SOTs) have been widely understood as an interfacial transfer of spin that is independent of the bulk properties of the magnetic layer. Here, we report that SOTs acting on ferrimagnetic FexTb1-x layers decrease and vanish…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-04-04 Lijun Zhu , Daniel C Ralph

The technique of conventional ferromagnet/heavy-metal spin-orbit torque (SOT) offers significant potential for enhancing the efficiency of magnetic memories. However, it faces fundamental physical limitations, including hunting effects from…

Realization of efficient spin-orbit torque switching of the N\'eel vector in insulating antiferromagnets is a challenge, often complicated by spurious effects. Quantifying the spin-orbit torques in antiferromagnet/heavy metal…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-25 Igor Lyalin , Hantao Zhang , Justin Michel , Daniel Russell , Fengyuan Yang , Ran Cheng , Roland K. Kawakami

We have investigated the nature of ferromagnetic order and phase transitions in two dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) layered material, Fe$_4$GeTe$_2$ through measurements of magnetization, magneto-caloric Effect (MCE), and heat…

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets and devices have garnered significant attention owing to the stabilization of long range magnetic order down to atomic limit, and the prospect for novel quantum devices with unique…

Current-induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) has emerged as a promising method for achieving energy-efficient magnetization switching in advanced spintronic devices. However, technological advancement has been inadequate because an external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-23 Badsha Sekh , Hasibur Rahaman , Ramu Maddu , Pinkesh Kumar Mishra , Tianli Jin , S. N. Piramanayagam

Femtosecond laser-pulse excitation provides an energy efficient and fast way to control magnetization at the nanoscale, providing great potential for ultrafast next-generation data manipulation and nonvolatile storage devices. Ferromagnetic…

Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures combining two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnets and semiconducting transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) offer highly promising opportunities for tailoring 2D magnetism through interfacial proximity…

Spin-orbit torque in heavy metal/ferromagnet heterostructures with broken spatial inversion symmetry provides an efficient mechanism for manipulating magnetization using a charge current. Here, we report the presence of a spin torque in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-29 Ziyan Luo , Qi Zhang , Yanjun Xu , Yumeng Yang , Xinhai Zhang , Yihong Wu

Van der Waals (vdW) magnets are promising owing to their tunable magnetic properties with doping or alloy composition, where the strength of magnetic interactions, their symmetry, and magnetic anisotropy can be tuned according to the…

Current-induced spin torques are of great interest to manipulate the orientation of nanomagnets without applying external magnetic fields. They find direct application in non-volatile data storage and logic devices, and provide insight into…

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) provides an efficient way to achieve charge-to-spin conversion and can switch perpendicular magnetization, which is essential for designing novel energy-efficient spintronic devices. An out-of-plane SOT could…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-02 Xiaomiao Yin , Lujun Wei , Pai Liu , Jiajv Yang , Pengchao Zhang , JinCheng Peng , Fei Huang , Ruobai Liu , Jun Du , Yong Pu