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Motivated by recent progress in employing two key classes of two-dimensional materials-topological insulators and transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs)-as spin sources for generating spin-orbit torque (SOT), we investigate…

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The electronic band structure of monolayer phosphorene is thoroughly studied by considering the presence of spin-orbit interaction. We employ a multiorbital Slater-Koster tight-binding approach to derive effective k.p-type Hamiltonians that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-13 Mayra Peralta , Dennis A. Freire , Rafael González-Hernández , Francisco Mireles

Increasing dampinglike spin-orbit torque (SOT) is both of fundamental importance for enabling new research into spintronics phenomena and also technologically urgent for advancing low-power spin-torque memory, logic, and oscillator devices.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-12 Lijun Zhu , Lujun Zhu , Shengjie Shi , Manling Sui , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman

Current-induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) are of interest for fast and energy-efficient manipulation of magnetic order in spintronic devices. To be deterministic, however, switching of perpendicularly magnetized materials by SOT requires a…

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 provide a general formulation of the spin-orbit coupling on a 2D curved surface. Considering the wide applicability of spin-orbit effect in spinor-based condensed matter physics, a general spin-orbit formulation could aid the study of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-18 Seng Ghee Tan , Che Chun Huang , Mansoor B. A. Jalil , Zhuobin Siu

Spin-orbit torques (SOTs) from transition metal dichalcogenides systems (TMDs) in conjunction with ferromagnetic materials are recently attractive in spintronics for their versatile features. However, most of the previously studied…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-13 Cheng-Wei Peng , Wei-Bang Liao , Tian-Yue Chen , Chi-Feng Pai

Surface states in Tl/Si(111) and Bi/Si(111) show non-Rashba-type spin splitting. We study spin-transport properties in these surface states. First we construct tight-binding Hamiltonians for Tl/Si and Bi/Si surfaces, which respect…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-01 Kokin Nakajin , Shuichi Murakami

The discovery of spin-orbit torques (SOTs) generated through the spin Hall or Rashba effects provides an alternative write approach for magnetic random-access memory (MRAM), igniting the development of spin-orbitronics in recent years.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-09 Hanying Zhang , Qianwen Zhao , Baiqing Jiang , Yuan Wang , Tunan Xie , Kaihua Lou , ChaoChao Xia , C. Bi

Recent findings in orbitronics pointed out large current-induced torques originating, in the current understanding, from incident orbital currents. These are generated by orbital Rashba-Edelstein effect (OREE) produced at the interface…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-20 B. Bony , S. Krishnia , Y. Xu , S. Collin , A. Fert , J. -M. George , M. Viret , V. Cros , H. Jaffrès

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) in the heavy elements with a large spin-orbit coupling (SOC) has been frequently used to manipulate the magnetic states in spintronic devices. Recent theoretical works have predicted that the surface oxidized light…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-05-13 Kun Zheng , Cuimei Cao , Yingying Lu , Jing Meng , Junpeng Pan , Zhenjie Zhao , Yang Xu , Tian Shang , Qingfeng Zhan

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) lifts molecular orbital degeneracy, enabling bi-level electronic platforms suitable for next-generation digital devices. However, common light-atom molecular feedstocks exhibit weak SOC due to the absence of heavy…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-05-07 Zihao Wang , Wan-Lu Li , Shaowei Li

Recently experiments have shown very significant spin activity in biological molecules such as DNA, proteins, oligopeptides and aminoacids. Such molecules have in common their chiral structure, time reversal symmetry and the absence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-29 Juan Daniel Torres , Raul Hidalgo , Solmar Varela , Ernesto Medina

Deterministic current-induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) switching of magnetization in a heavy transition metal/ferromagnetic metal/oxide magnetic heterostructure with the ferromagnetic layer being perpendicularly-magnetized typically requires…

Electric-field manipulation of magnetic order has proved of both fundamental and technological importance in spintronic devices. So far, electric-field control of ferromagnetism, magnetization and magnetic anisotropy has been explored in…

Recent ferromagnetic resonance experiments and theory of Pt/Nb/Ni8Fe2 proximity-coupled structures strongly suggest that spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in Pt in conjunction with a magnetic exchange field in Ni8Fe2 are the essential ingredients…

The Rashba spin-orbit coupling effect, primarily arising from structural-inversion asymmetry in periodic crystals, has garnered considerable attention due to its tunability and potential applications in spintronics. Its capability to…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-24 Arjyama Bordoloi , A. C. Garcia-Castro , Zachary Romestan , Aldo H. Romero , Sobhit Singh

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) leads to splitting of otherwise spin-degenerate bands in noncentrosymmetric materials, even if time-reversal symmetry is present. While this gives rise to well-known phenomena such as the Rashba and Dresselhaus…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-16 Fan Yang , Rafael M. Fernandes , Turan Birol

Spin-orbit torques (SOT) allow the electrical control of magnetic states. Current-induced SOT switching of the perpendicular magnetization is of particular technological importance. The SOT consists of damping-like and field-like torques so…

We consider theoretically the impact of Rashba spin-orbit coupling on spin torque oscillators (STOs) in synthetic ferromagnets and antiferromagnets that have either a bulk multilayer or a thin film structure. The synthetic magnets consist…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-27 Øyvind Johansen , Jacob Linder