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Current-induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) is regarded as a promising mechanism for driving neuromorphic behavior in spin-orbitronic devices. In principle, the strong SOT in heavy metal-based magnetic heterostructure is attributed to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-31 Tian-Yue Chen , Yu-Chan Hsiao , Wei-Bang Liao , Chi-Feng Pai

Materials with spin-orbit coupling are of great interest for various spintronics applications due to the efficient electrical generation and detection of spin-polarized electrons. Over the past decade, many materials have been studied,…

Magnetization reversal of a perpendicular ferromagnetic free layer by spin-orbit torque (SOT) is an attractive alternative to spin-transfer torque (STT) switching in magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) where the write process involves…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-19 Yong-Chang Lau , Davide Betto , Karsten Rode , JMD Coey , Plamen Stamenov

Recent studies rediscovered the crucial role of field-like spin orbit torque (SOT) in nanosecond-timescale SOT dynamics. However, there is not yet an effective way to control its relative amplitude. Here, we experimentally modulate the…

Topological quantum materials, with novel spin textures and broken crystal symmetries are suitable candidates for spintronic memory technologies. Their unique electronic properties, such as protected surface states and exotic…

Many key electronic technologies (e.g., large-scale computing, machine learning, and superconducting electronics) require new memories that are fast, reliable, energy-efficient, and of low-impedance at the same time, which has remained a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-15 Lijun Zhu , Lujun Zhu , Shengjie Shi , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman

Finding efficient ways of manipulating magnetic bits is one of the core goals in spintronic research. Electrically-generated spin-orbit torques (SOTs) are good candidates for this and the search for materials capable of generating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-31 Casper F. Schippers , Henk J. M. Swagten , Marcos H. D. Guimarães

Orbital torque (OT) offers a highly efficient way for electrical magnetization manipulation. However, its potential in the emerging field of flexible spintronics remains largely unexplored. Here, we demonstrate a flexible and robust OT…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-27 Liguang Gong , Jian Song , Bin Lao , Run-Wei Li , Zhiming Wang

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

Non-volatile Neuromorphic Computing (NC) elements utilizing Spin Orbit Torque (SOT) provide a viable solution to alleviate the memory wall bottleneck in contemporary computing systems. However, the two challenges, low SOT efficiency and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 Badsha Sekh , Hasibur Rahaman , Subhakanta Das , Mitali , Ramu Maddu , Kesavan Jawahar , S. N. Piramanayagam

The emerging all-van der Waals (vdW) magnetic heterostructure provides a new platform to control the magnetization by the electric field beyond the traditional spintronics devices. One promising strategy is using unconventional spin-orbit…

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…

The manipulation of magnetic properties using either electrical currents or gate bias is the key of future high-impact nanospintronics applications such as spin-valve read heads, non-volatile logic, and random-access memories. The current…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-08-25 R. C. Sahoo , Dinh Loc Duong , Jungbum Yoon , Pham Nam Hai , Young Hee Lee

We formulate and quantify the spin-orbit torque (SOT) in intrinsic antiferromagnetic topological insulator $\rm MnBi_2Te_4$ of a few septuple-layer thick, which exhibits conspicuous layer-resolved characteristics. Contrary to known…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-27 Junyu Tang , Ran Cheng

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

Motivated by recent experiments observing spin-orbit torque (SOT) acting on the magnetization $\vec{m}$ of a ferromagnetic (F) overlayer on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator (TI), we investigate the origin of the SOT…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Farzad Mahfouzi , Branislav K. Nikolić , Nicholas Kioussis

We study spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in Ni/Pt bi-layers and multi-layers by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) and harmonic-Hall measurements. The effect of multi-layering and crystal orientation on field-like (FL) and damping-like (DL) torque…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-11-27 A. Sud , Y. -C. Lau , J. Brierley , H. Kurebayashi , T. Seki

Using type-x spin-orbit torque (SOT) switching scheme, in which the easy axis (EA) of the ferromagnetic (FM) layer and the charge current flow direction are collinear, is possible to realize a lower-power-consumption, higher-density, and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Yan-Ting Liu , Chao-Chung Huang , Kuan-Hao Chen , Yu-Hao Huang , Chia-Chin Tsai , Ting-Yu Chang , Chi-Feng Pai

Nonvolatile devices based on the spin-orbit torque (SOT) mechanism are highly suitable for in-memory logic operations. The current objective is to enhance the memory density of memory cells while performing logic operations within the same…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-08-20 Raghvendra Posti , Dhanajay Tiwari , Debangsu Roy

Electrically controllable non-volatile magnetic memories show great potential for the replacement of semiconductor-based technologies. Recently there has been strong interest in spin-orbit torque (SOT) induced magnetization reversal due to…