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Spin injection is a powerful experimental probe into a wealth of nonequilibrium spin-dependent phenomena displayed by materials with spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Here, we develop a theory of coupled spin-charge diffusive transport in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-25 Yu-Hsuan Lin , Chunli Huang , Manuel Offidani , Aires Ferreira , Miguel A. Cazalilla

Neuromorphic hardware as a non-Von Neumann architecture has better energy efficiency and parallelism than the conventional computer. Here, with numerical modeling spin-orbit torque (SOT) device using current-induced SOT and Joule heating…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-04-19 Haotian Li , Liyuan Li , Kaiyuan Zhou , Chunjie Yan , Zhenyu Gao , Zishuang Li , Ronghua Liu

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

Current-induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) represent one of the most effective ways to manipulate the magnetization in spintronic devices. The orthogonal torque-magnetization geometry, the strong damping, and the large domain wall velocities…

Recent studies on the magneto-transport properties of topological insulators (TI) have attracted great attention due to the rich spin-orbit physics and promising applications in spintronic devices. Particularly the strongly spin-moment…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-08-23 Jiahao Han , A. Richardella , Saima Siddiqui , Joseph Finley , N. Samarth , Luqiao Liu

Magnetism has played a central role in the long and rich history of modern condensed matter physics, with many foundational insights originating from theoretical studies of two-dimensional (2D) spin systems. The discovery of 2D van der…

Spin polarized currents are employed to efficiently manipulate the magnetization of ferromagnetic ultrathin films by exerting a torque on it. If the spin currents are generated by means of the spin-orbit interaction between a ferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-07 R. Guerrero , A. Anadon , A. Gudin , J. M. Diez , P. Olleros-Rodriguez , M. Muñoz , R. Miranda , J. Camarero , P. Perna

The recent discovery of two-dimensional magnetic order in van-der Waals materials has stimulated a renaissance in the field of atomically-thin magnets. This has led to promising demonstrations of spintronic functionality such as tunneling…

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

Spin Orbit Torque-Magnetic Random Access Memory (SOT-MRAM) is being developed as a successor to the Spin transfer torque MRAM (STT-MRAM) owing to its superior performance on the metrics of reliability and read-write speed. SOT switching of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Akanksha Chouhan , Heston A. Mendonca , Abhishek Erram , Ashwin A. Tulapurkar

Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures, stacking different two-dimensional materials, have opened up unprecedented opportunities to explore new physics and device concepts. Especially interesting are recently discovered two-dimensional…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-09-04 Xinlu Li , Evgeny Y. Tsymbal , Jing-Tao Lü , Jia Zhang , Long You , Yurong Su

Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials, whether in bulk form or reduced to just a single layer, have potential applications in spintronics and capacity for advanced quantum phenomena. A prerequisite for harnessing these opportunities lies…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-04-04 Raju Baral , Amanda V. Haglund , Jue Liu , Alexander I. Kolesnikov , David Mandrus , Stuart Calder

Ferromagnets are key materials for sensing and memory applications. In contrast, antiferromagnets that represent the more common form of magnetically ordered materials, have so far found less practical application beyond their use for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 J. Železný , P. Wadley , K. Olejník. A. Hoffmann , H. Ohno

Two-dimensional (2D) magnetism in atomically thin van der Waals (vdW) monolayers and heterostructures has attracted significant attention due to its promising potential for next-generation spintronic and quantum technologies. A key factor…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-08 Yusheng Hou , Ruqian Wu

Efficient generation of spin-orbit torques (SOTs) is central for the exciting field of spin-orbitronics. Platinum, the archetypal spin Hall material, has the potential to be an outstanding provider for spin-orbit torques due to its giant…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-17 Lijun Zhu , Daniel C. Ralph , Robert A Buhrman

The discovery of two-dimensional (2D) magnetism within atomically thin structures derived from layered crystals has opened up a new realm for exploring magnetic heterostructures. This emerging field provides a foundational platform for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-08 Bingyu Zhang , Pengcheng Lu , Roozbeh Tabrizian , Philip X. -L. Feng , Yingying Wu

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets and devices have garnered significant attention owing to the stabilization of long range magnetic order down to atomic limit, and the prospect for novel quantum devices with unique…

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

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials show a range of profound physical properties that can be tailored through their incorporation in heterostructures and manipulated with external forces. The recent discovery of long-range…

Efficient generation of spin currents from charge currents is of high importance for memory and logic applications of spintronics. In particular, generation of spin currents from charge currents in high spin-orbit coupling metals has the…