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The spin Hall effect (SHE) converts charge current to pure spin currents in orthogonal directions in materials that have significant spin-orbit coupling.The efficiency of the conversion is described by the spin Hall Angle (SHA). The SHA can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-28 Weifeng Zhang , Wei Han , Xin Jiang , See-Hun Yang , Stuart S. P. Parkin

The discovery of efficient magnetization switching activated by the spin Hall effect (SHE)-induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) changed the course of magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) research and development. However, for systems with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-13 Chen-Yu Hu , Wei-De Chen , Yan-Ting Liu , Chao-Chun Huang , Chi-Feng Pai

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-orbit torques enable energy-efficient manipulation of magnetization by electric current and hold promise for applications ranging from nonvolatile memory to neuromorphic computing. Here we report the discovery of a giant spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-11 Eric Arturo Montoya , Xinyao Pei , Ilya N. Krivorotov

Spin-orbit torques (SOTs) have emerged as an efficient means to electrically control the magnetization in ferromagnetic heterostructures. Lately, an increasing attention has been devoted to SOTs in heavy metal (HM)/magnetic insulator (MI)…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-09 Martín Testa-Anta , Charles-Henri Lambert , Can Onur Avci

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) enables efficient current-driven control of magnetization, offering a promising pathway toward low-power spintronic devices. However, the origin and propagation of both damping-like (DL) and field-like (FL) SOTs in…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-13 Yuming Bai , Rulin Tian , Yue Zhang , Tao Wang

Magnetization switching by spin-orbit torque (SOT) via spin Hall effect represents as a competitive alternative to that by spin-transfer torque (STT) used for magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), as it does not require high-density…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-02-19 Yang Liu , Bing Zhou , Jian-Gang Zhu

Precise estimation of spin Hall angle as well as successful maximization of spin-orbit torque (SOT) form a basis of electronic control of magnetic properties with spintronic functionality. Until now, current-nonlinear Hall effect, or second…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-10-02 K. Yasuda , A. Tsukazaki , R. Yoshimi , K. Kondou , K. S. Takahashi , Y. Otani , M. Kawasaki , Y. Tokura

Despite recent advances in orbitronics, generating out-of-plane orbital torques essential for field-free deterministic switching of perpendicular magnetization remains a key challenge. Here, we propose a strategy to produce such…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-11-14 Hui Wang , Xukun Feng , Jin Cao , Huiying Liu , Weibo Gao , Cong Xiao , Shengyuan A. Yang , Lay Kee Ang

Generation of spin current from lattice distortion dynamics in metals is studied with special attention on the effect of spin-orbit coupling. Treating the lattice distortion by local coordinate transformation, we calculate spin current and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-23 Takumi Funato , Hiroshi Kohno

We study the current-induced torques in bilayers composed of a light 3d metal, chromium, and a rare-earth ferromagnet with finite orbital moments, terbium, utilizing second-harmonic Hall-response measurements. The dampinglike torque…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Hongyu Chen , Han Yan , Xiaorong Zhou , Xiaoning Wang , Ziang Meng , Li Liu , Guojian Zhao , Zhiyuan Duan , Sixu Jiang , Jingyu Li , Xiaoyang Tan , Peixin Qin , Zhiqi Liu

Combining spin-orbit (SOT) and spin-transfer torques (STT) provides a practical approach for field-free switching in spin-orbit torque magnetic random-access memory (SOT-MRAM), a prerequisite for industrial deployment, but can compromise…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-27 Kuldeep Ray , Jérémie Vigier , Sylvain Martin , Chloé Bouard , Nicolas Lefoulon , Marc Drouard , Gilles Gaudin

We present a detailed analysis of harmonic longitudinal and Hall voltage measurements for in-plane magnetized Pt/Co/Ta and Ta/Co/Pt trilayers in reference to Pt/Co and Ta/Co bilayers. Enhancement of spin-orbit torques (SOTs) and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-17 Anastasiia Moskaltsova , Denis Dyck , Jan-Michael Schmalhorst , Günter Reiss , Timo Kuschel

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

An applied electric current through a space-inversion asymmetric magnet induces spin-orbit torques (SOTs) on the magnetic moments, which holds much promise for future memory devices. We discuss general Green's function expressions suitable…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-11-19 Frank Freimuth , Stefan Blügel , Yuriy Mokrousov

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

Reversible spin Hall effect comprising the "direct" and "inverse" spin Hall effects was successfully detected at room temperature. This experimental demonstration proves the fundamental relations called Onsager reciprocal relations between…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-25 T. Kimura , Y. Otani , T. Sato , S. Takahashi , S. Maekawa

The spin-orbit torque, a torque induced by a charge current flowing through the heavy-metal conducting layer with strong spin-orbit interactions, provides an efficient way to control the magnetization direction in heavy-metal/ferromagnet…

The spin-to-charge current interconversion in bilayers composed of ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic layers with strong spin-orbit coupling has garnered considerable attention due to its exceptional potential in advancing spintronics devices…

Current induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in Fe/Pt bilayers have been investigated utilizing the spin-orbit torque ferromagnetic resonance (SOT-FMR) measurement. Characterization of thin films with different thicknesses indicates existence…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-09-16 Hongshi Li , Mahdi Jamali , Delin Zhang , Xuan Li , Jian-Ping Wang