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The spin Hall effect (SHE) is found to be strong in heavy transition metals (HM), such as Ta and W, in their amorphous and/or high resistivity form. In this work, we show that by employing a Cu-Ta binary alloy as buffer layer in an…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-09-28 Tian-Yue Chen , Chun-Te Wu , Hung-Wei Yen , Chi-Feng Pai

So far, studies of spin-orbit torques (SOT) in ferromagnets with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) have been restricted to ultra thin samples, while a systematic study of its thickness dependence is still lacking in literature. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-08 Niklas Roschewsky , Charles-Henri Lambert , Sayeef Salahuddin

Measurements of switching via spin-orbit coupling (SOC) mechanisms are discussed for a pair of inverted Pt/Co/Pt stacks with asymmetrical Pt thicknesses. Taking into account the planar Hall effect contribution, effective fields of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Cheow Hin Sim , Jian Cheng Huang , Michael Tran , Kwaku Eason

Time-resolved scanning Kerr microscopy (TRSKM) was used to study precessional magnetization dynamics induced by a radio frequency (RF) current within a Al$_2$O$_3$/Py(5 nm)/Pt(6 nm)/Au(150 nm) spin Hall nano-oscillator structure. The Au…

In this paper, we discuss spin transport in topological insulator (TI) and diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) heterogeneous structures. In DMS / FM (Ferromagnetic Metal) heterogeneous structure, the spin injection efficiency changes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-30 Myong Chol Pak , Kwang-Il Kim , Hak Chol Pak , Chol Won Ri , Sang Jun Cha

A large anti-damping spin-obit torque (SOT) efficiency in magnetic heterostructures is a prerequisite to realize energy efficient spin torque based magnetic memories and logic devices. The efficiency can be characterized in terms of the…

Antiferromagnetic materials promise improved performance for spintronic applications, as they are robust against external magnetic field perturbations and allow for faster magnetization dynamics compared to ferromagnets. The direct…

Spin filtering and its back-action spin transfer torque (STT) are key ingredients of latest spintronic devices based on magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). Resonant tunneling (RT), implemented by design or occurring as parasitic effects, is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-27 Maciej Bazarnik , Anika Schlenhoff

Current-induced control of magnetization in ferromagnets using spin-orbit torque (SOT) has drawn attention as a new mechanism for fast and energy efficient magnetic memory devices. Energy-efficient spintronic devices require a spin-current…

Spin transfer torques allow for electrical manipulation of magnetization at room temperature, which is utilized to build future electronic devices such as spin transfer torque memories. Recent experiments have discovered that the…

Current induced spin-orbit torques driven by the conventional spin Hall effect are widely used to manipulate the magnetization. This approach, however, is nondeterministic and inefficient for the switching of magnets with perpendicular…

In spin-transfer torque (STT) for technological applications, the miniaturization of the magnet may reach the stage of requiring a fully quantum-mechanical treatment. We present an STT theory which uses the quantum macrospin ground and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-10 Tiamhock Tay , L. J. Sham

Ferromagnetic spintronics has been a main focus as it offers non-volatile memory and logic applications through current-induced spin-transfer torques. Enabling wider applications of such magnetic devices requires a lower switching current…

We report a tunable spin mixing conductance, up to $\pm 22\%$, in a Y${}_{3}$Fe${}_{5}$O${}_{12}$/Platinum (YIG/Pt) bilayer.This control is achieved by applying a gate voltage with an ionic gate technique, which exhibits a gate-dependent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 Ledong Wang , Zhijian Lu , Jianshu Xue , Peng Shi , Yufeng Tian , Yanxue Chen , Shishen Yan , Lihui Bai , Michael Harder

A key challenge in manipulating the magnetization in heavy-metal/ferromagnetic bilayers via the spin-orbit torque is to identify materials that exhibit an efficient charge-to-spin current conversion. Ab initio electronic structure…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-01-17 Xuelei Sui , Chong Wang , Jinwoong Kim , Jianfeng Wang , S. H. Rhim , Wenhui Duan , Nicholas Kioussis

The realistic modeling of STT-MRAM for the simulations of hybrid CMOS/Spintronics devices in comprehensive simulation environments require a full description of stochastic switching processes in state of the art STT-MRAM. Here, we derive an…

This chapter presents a review on spin transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions. In the first part, we propose an overview of experimental and theoretical studies addressing current-induced magnetization excitations in magnetic tunnel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-27 Aurélien Manchon , Natalya Ryzhanova , Mairbek Chschiev , A. Vedyayev , K. -J. Lee , Bernard Dieny

The spin transfer switching current distribution within a cell was studied in magnetic tunnel junction based structures having alumina barriers with resistance-area product (RA) of 10 to 30 Ohm-um2 and tunneling magneto-resistance (TMR) of…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Mahendra Pakala , Yiming Huai , Thierry Valet , Yunfei Ding , Zhitao Diao

The spin and charge transport in materials with spin-dependent conductivity has been studied. It was shown that there is a charge accumulation along spin diffusion in a ferromagnetic metal, which causes a shortening of the spin diffusion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-05 Vadym Zayets

Spin-transfer-torque, a transfer of angular momentum between the electron spin and the local magnetic moments, is a promising and key mechanism to control ferromagnetic materials in modern spintronic devices . However, much less attention…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-02-20 T. Moriyama , M. Nagata , K. Tanaka , K-J. Kim , H. Almasi , W. Wang , T. Ono