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We present a study of the damping and spin pumping properties of CoFeB/X/Pt systems with $\rm X=Al,Cr$ and $\rm Ta$. We show that the total damping of the CoFeB/Pt systems is strongly reduced when an interlayer is introduced independently…
The magnetization manipulation by spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in nonmagnetic-metal (NM)/ferromagnet (FM) heterostructures has provided great opportunities for spin devices. Besides the conventional spin Hall effect (SHE) in heavy metals with…
We show that Py, a commonly-used soft ferromagnetic material with weak anisotropy, can become perpendicularly-magnetized while depositing on Ta buffer layer with Hf or Zr insertion layers (ILs) and MgO capping layer. By using two different…
We have studied the spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR), the magnetoresistance within the plane transverse to the current flow, of Pt/Co bilayers. We find that the SMR increases with increasing Co thickness: the effective spin Hall angle for…
In a magnetic multilayer, magnetizations can be manipulated by spin transfer torque. Both spin transfer torque and its reciprocal effect, spin pumping, are governed by spin mixing conductance. The magnitude of spin mixing conductance at the…
An electric current flowing in Pt, a material with strong spin-orbit coupling, leads to spins accumulating at the interfaces by virtue of the spin Hall effect and interfacial charge-spin conversion. We measure the influence of these…
We study the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) of the CoFeB/MgO bilayers in contact with W, Ta, IrMn and Ti which has been suggested as the spin-orbit-torque-related underlayers. The saturation magnetization of the CoFeB depends on…
The Spin-Orbit Proximity Effect is the raise of Spin-Orbit Coupling at a layer near to the interface with a strong spin-orbit material. It has been seen in several system such as graphene and ferromagnetic layers. The control of the…
Skyrmions can be driven by spin-orbit torques as a result of the spin Hall effect. Here we model an additional contribution in ultra-thin multilayers, arising from the spin accumulation at heavy metal / ferromagnetic interfaces and observe…
Using first-principles calculations, we study the magnetic properties of a Co monolayer on a Pt(111) surface with a capping monolayer of selected $5d$ elements (Re, Os, Ir, Pt and Au). First we determine the tensorial exchange interactions…
We investigate the origin of spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in archetypical Pt/Co/MgO thin films structures by performing harmonic Hall measurements. The behaviour of the damping like (DL) effective field ($h_{DL}$) with varying the Pt layer…
When two layers of two-dimensional materials are assembled with a relative twist, moir\'e patterns arise, inducing a tremendous wealth of exotic phenomena. In this work, we consider twisting two triangular lattices hosting Dirac quantum…
We report that spin current transport across Pt-ferromagnet (FM) interfaces is strongly dependent on the type and the thickness of the FM layer and on post-deposition processing protocols. By employing both harmonic voltage measurements and…
The effect of spin currents on the magnetic order of insulating antiferromagnets (AFMs) is of fundamental interest and can enable new applications. Toward this goal, characterizing the spin-orbit torques (SOT) associated with AFM/heavy…
Spin-orbit torque (SOT) induced by spin Hall and interfacial effects in heavy metal(HM)/ferromagnetic(FM) bilayers has recently been employed to switch the magnetization direction using in-plane current injection. In this paper, using the…
Is it possible to increase Tc by constructing cuprate heterostructures, which combine the high pairing energy of underdoped layers with the large carrier density of proximate overdoped layers? We investigate this question within a model…
In order to enhance the magnitude of spin-orbit torque (SOT), considerable experimental works have been devoted to studying the thickness dependence of the different layers in multilayers consisting of heavy metal (HM), ferromagnet (FM) and…
The magnetic proximity effect (MPE) is a well-established magnetic phenomenon that occurs at certain heavy metal (HM)/ferromagnet (FM) interfaces. However, there is still an active debate as to whether the presence of a MPE affects spin…
The magnetic proximity effect in top and bottom Pt layers induced by Co in Ta/Pt/Co/Pt multilayers has been studied by interface sensitive, element specific x-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity. The asymmetry ratio for circularly polarized…
We present measurements of spin orbit torques generated by Ir as a function of film thickness in sputtered Ir/CoFeB and Ir/Co samples. We find that Ir provides a damping-like component of spin orbit torque with a maximum spin torque…