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We report and quantify a large orbital-Hall torque generated by Nb and Ru, which we identify from a strong dependence of torques on the ferromagnets. This is manifested as a sign reversal and strong enhancement in the damping-like torques…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-21 Arnab Bose , Fabian Kammerbauer , Rahul Gupta , Dongwook Go , Yuriy Mokrousov , Gerhard Jakob , Mathias Klaeui

In this work, we experimentally investigate spin and orbital torque phenomena using the spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) technique in a series of bilayer systems composed of different normal metal (NM) materials. Permalloy (Py)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 J. L. Costa , E. Santos , A. Y. M. Tani , J. B. S. Mendes , A. Azevedo

We investigate the effect of orbital current arising from orbital Hall effect in thin films of Nb and Ti in ohmic contact with ferromagnetic Ni in the second harmonic longitudinal and transverse voltages in response to an a.c. current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Dhananjaya Mahapatra , Abu Bakkar Miah , HareKrishna Bhunia , Soumik Aon , Partha Mitra

It has become a heated debate as to whether the orbital Hall effect of a material could generate a non-local orbital current and a non-zero spin-orbit torque on an adjacent magnetic layer. Here, we report unambiguous evidence that,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-20 Qianbiao Liu , Lijun Zhu

Harmonic measurements of the longitudinal and transverse voltages in Bi-Sb/Co bilayers are presented. A large second harmonic voltage signal due to the ordinary Nernst effect is observed. In experiments where a magnetic field is rotated in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 Niklas Roschewsky , Emily S. Walker , Praveen Gowtham , Sarah Muschinske , Frances Hellman , Seth R. Bank , Sayeef Salahuddin

Field-like spin orbit torque in FeMn/Pt bilayers with ultra-thin polycrystalline FeMn has been characterized through planar Hall effect measurements. A large effective field is obtained for FeMn in the thickness range of 2 to 5 nm. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-05 Yumeng Yang , Yanjun Xu , Xiaoshan Zhang , Ying Wang , Shufeng Zhang , Run-Wei Li , Meysam Sharifzadeh Mirshekarloo , Kui Yao , Yihong Wu

We report the absence of orbital Hall magnetoresistance (OMR) in nonmagnet/ferromagnet bilayers, challenging the general assumption that orbital transport mimics spin transport. Despite the observation of giant orbital torques, confirming…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-06 Yumin Yang , Wenqi Xu , Na Lei , Zhicheng Xie , Dahai Wei , Jianhua Zhao

Ferromagnetic spintronics has been a main focus as it offers non-volatile memory and logic applications through current-induced spin-transfer torques. Enabling wider applications of such magnetic devices requires a lower switching current…

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

We propose an experimental scheme to determine the spin-transfer torque efficiency excited by the spin-orbit interaction in ferromagnetic bilayers from the measurement of the longitudinal magnetoresistace. Solving a diffusive spin-transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-04 Tomohiro Taniguchi , Julie Grollier , Mark D. Stiles

Extensive efforts have been devoted to the study of spin-orbit torque in ferromagnetic metal/heavy metal bilayers and exploitation of it for magnetization switching using an in-plane current. As the spin-orbit torque is inversely…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-05-18 Yanjun Xu , Yumeng Yang , Kui Yao , Baoxi Xu , Yihong Wu

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

Spin-orbit torques in ferromagnetic (FM)/non-magnetic (NM) heterostructures offer more energy-efficient means to realize spin-logic devices; however, their strengths are determined by the heterostructure interface. This work examines…

Current-induced torques in ultrathin Co/Pt bilayers were investigated using an electrically driven FMR technique. The angle dependence of the resonances, detected by a rectification effect as a voltage, were analysed to determine the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-05 T. D. Skinner , M. Wang , A. T. Hindmarch , A. W. Rushforth , A. C. Irvine , D. Heiss , H. Kurebayashi , A. J. Ferguson

Current induced spin-orbit torques have been studied in ferromagnetic nanowires made of 20 nm thick Co/Pd multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Using Hall voltage and lock-in measurements, it is found that upon injection of an…

The utilization of terahertz (THz) emission spectroscopy in femtosecond photoexcited spintronic heterostructures has emerged as a versatile tool for investigating ultrafast spin-transport in a noncontact and non-invasive manner. However,…

Spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) is a common method used to measure spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in heavy metal/ferromagnet bilayer structures. In the course of a measurement, other resonant processes such as spin pumping (SP) and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-19 Saba Karimeddiny , Joseph A. Mittelstaedt , Robert A. Buhrman , Daniel C. Ralph

Current induced spin torque is essential and crucial in spintronics. In this work, we systematically investigate the spin torque in transition metal(TM)/ferromagnet(FM) bilayers by using first-principles calculations and taking into account…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-31 Yizhuo Song , Jialin Tian , Fanxing Zheng , Jianting Dong , Meng Zhu , Jia Zhang

Spin current generated by spin Hall effect in the heavy metal would diffuse up and down to adjacent ferromagnetic layers and exert torque on their magnetization, called spin-orbit torque. Antiferromagnetically coupled trilayers, namely the…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-04-05 G. Y. Shi , C. H. Wan , Y. S. Chang , F. Li , X. J. Zhou , P. X. Zhang , J. W. Cai , X. F. Han , F. Pan , C. Song

Spin-orbit torques in bilayers of ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic materials hold promise for energy efficient switching of magnetization in nonvolatile magnetic memories. Previously studied spin Hall and Rashba torques originate from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-05 C. Safranski , E. A. Montoya , I. N. Krivorotov
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