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Spin-orbit torque (SOT) is a promising switching mechanism for magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) as a result of the potential for improved switching speed and energy-efficiency. It is of particular interest to develop an SOT-MRAM device…

The spin-orbit torque switching of ferrimagnetic Gd$_x$(Fe$_{90}$Co$_{10}$)$_{100-x}$ films was studied for both transition metal (TM)-rich and rare earth (RE)-rich configurations. The spin-orbit torque driven magnetization switching…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-08 Niklas Roschewsky , Tomoya Matsumura , Suraj Cheema , Frances Hellman , Takeshi Kato , Satoshi Iwata , Sayeef Salahuddin

Synthetic antiferromagnets (SAF) have been proposed to replace ferromagnets in magnetic memory devices to reduce the stray field, increase the storage density and improve the thermal stability. Here we investigate the spin-orbit torque in a…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-07-04 P. X. Zhang , L. Y. Liao , G. Y. Shi , R. Q. Zhang , H. Q. Wu , Y. Y. Wang , F. Pan , C. Song

With ultra-fast writing capacity and high reliability, the spin-orbit torque is regarded as a promising alternative to fabricate next-generation magnetic random access memory. However, the three-terminal setup can be challenging when…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-06-07 Ming-Han Tsai , Po-Hung Lin , Kuo-Feng Huang , Hsiu-Hau Lin , Chih-Huang Lai

Previous studies have demonstrated spin-orbit torque (SOT) switching of Mn3Sn where the spin polarization lies in the kagome plane (configuration I). However, the critical current density ($ J_{crit}$) is unrealistically large ($…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-17 Zhengde Xu , Xue Zhang , Yixiao Qiao , Gengchiau Liang , Shuyuan Shi , Zhifeng Zhu

A simple, reliable and field-free spin orbit torque (SOT)-induced magnetization switching is a key ingredient for the development of the electrical controllable spintronic devices. Recently, the SOT induced deterministic switching of the…

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) magnetization switching of ferromagnets with large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy has a great potential for the next-generation non-volatile magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM). It requires a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-08 Tuo Fan , Nguyen Huynh Duy Khang , Soichiro Nakano , Pham Nam Hai

Ferrimagnetic insulators (FiMI) have been intensively used in microwave and magneto-optical devices as well as spin caloritronics, where their magnetization direction plays a fundamental role on the device performance. The magnetization is…

The spin flip of the conduction electrons at the interface of a ferromagnetic and a nonmagnetic part of a metallic wire, suspended between two electrodes, is shown to tort the wire when a current is driven through it. In order to enhance…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-10-26 Peter Fulde , Stefan Kettemann

Current-induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) enable fast and efficient manipulation of the magnetic state of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), making it attractive for memory, in-memory computing, and logic applications. However, the…

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a key interaction in spintronics, allowing an electrical control of spin or magnetization and, vice versa, a magnetic control of electrical current. However, recent advances have revealed much broader…

Spin-orbit coupling in inversion-asymmetric magnetic crystals and structures has emerged as a powerful tool to generate complex magnetic textures, interconvert charge and spin under applied current, and control magnetization dynamics.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 A. Manchon , J. Zelezný , I. M. Miron , T. Jungwirth , J. Sinova , A. Thiaville , K. Garello , P. Gambardella

Recently, it was demonstrated that field-free switching could be achieved by combining spin-orbit torque (SOT) and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). However, this mechanism only occurs under certain conditions which have not been…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Min Wang , Zhaohao Wang , Xueying Zhang , Weisheng Zhao

Among van der Waals (vdW) layered ferromagnets, Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) is an excellent candidate material to form FGT/heavy metal heterostructures for studying the effect of spin-orbit torques (SOT). Its metallicity, strong perpendicular magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Mohammed Alghamdi , Mark Lohmann , Junxue Li , Palani R. Jothi , Qiming Shao , Mohammed Aldosary , Tang Su , Boniface Fokwa , Jing Shi

The low power manipulation of magnetization is currently a highly sought-after objective in spintronics. Non ferromagnetic large spin-orbit coupling heavy metal (NM) / ferromagnet (FM) heterostructures offer interesting elements of response…

Spin-orbit torques (SOTs) generated through the conventional spin Hall effect (SHE) and/or Rashba-Edelstein effect offer potential for magnetization manipulation. However, deterministic switching of perpendicular ferromagnets via SOTs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-11 Zelalem Abebe Bekele , Yuan-Yuan Jiang , Kun Lei , Xiukai Lan , Xiangyu Liu , Hui Wen , Ding-Fu Shao , Kaiyou Wang

Experimentally observed ultrafast all-optical magnetization reversal in ferrimagnetic metals and heterostructures based on antiferromagnetically coupled ferromagnetic $d-$ and $f-$metallic layers relies on intricate energy and angular…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-03-02 Alexandra Kalashnikova , Veniamin Kozub

A simple model of magnetization dynamics in a ferromagnet/doped semiconductor hybrid structure with Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) driven by an applied pulse of the electric field is proposed. The electric current excited by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-22 P. V. Bondarenko , E. Ya. Sherman

The discovery of an ever increasing family of atomic layered magnetic materials, together with the already established vast catalogue of strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and topological systems, calls for some guiding principles to tailor…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-13 Hidekazu Kurebayashi , Jose H. Garcia , Safe Khan , Jairo Sinova , Stephan Roche

We report studies of exchange bias and coercivity in ferromagnetic Ni$_{81}$Fe$_{19}$ layers coupled to antiferromagnetic (AF) (0001), (11$\bar{2}$0), and (11$\bar{0}$2) $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ layers. We show that AF spin configurations which…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 Joonghoe Dho , C. W. Leung , Z. H. Barber , M. G. Blamire