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Current-induced spin torques provide efficient data writing approaches for magnetic memories. Recently, the spin splitting torque (SST) was theoretically predicted (R. Gonz\'alez-Hern\'andez et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 127701 (2021)),…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-05-25 Hua Bai , Lei Han , Xiaoyu Feng , Yongjian Zhou , Qian Wang , Wenxuan Zhu , Xianzhe Chen , Feng Pan , Xiaolong Fan , Cheng Song

Spin-orbit coupling in inversion-asymmetric magnetic crystals and structures has emerged as a powerful tool to generate complex magnetic textures, interconvert charge and spin under applied current, and control magnetization dynamics.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 A. Manchon , J. Zelezný , I. M. Miron , T. Jungwirth , J. Sinova , A. Thiaville , K. Garello , P. Gambardella

Antiferromagnetic spintronics is an emerging research field whose focus is on the electrical and optical control of the antiferromagnetic order parameter and its utility in information technology devices. An example of recently discovered…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 O. Gomonay , T. Jungwirth , J. Sinova

We present theoretical studies of the intrinsic spin orbit torque (SOT) in a single domain ferromagnetic layer with Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) using the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism for a model Hamiltonian. We find that,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-03 A. Kalitsov , S. A. Nikolaev , J. Velev , M. Chshiev , O. Mryasov

The growing demand for artificial intelligence and complex computing has underscored the urgent need for advanced data storage technologies. Spin-orbit torque (SOT) has emerged as a leading candidate for high-speed, high-density magnetic…

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) created by a spin current injected into a ferromagnet by an adjacent heavy metal represents an efficient tool for the excitation and manipulation of spin waves. Here we report the micromagnetic simulations describing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-20 Andrei I. Nikitchenko , Nikolay A. Pertsev

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) based on ferromagnets are canonical devices in spintronics, with wide-ranging applications in data storage, computing, and sensing. They simultaneously exhibit mechanisms for electrical detection of magnetic…

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…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-12-11 Zishuang Li , Wenqiang Wang , Kaiyuan Zhou , Xiang Zhan , Tiejun Zhou , Ronghua Liu

Spin-orbit torques (SOT) provide a versatile tool to manipulate the magnetization of diverse classes of materials and devices using electric currents, leading to novel spintronic memory and computing approaches. In parallel to spin transfer…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-07-26 Viola Krizakova , Manu Perumkunnil , Sebastien Couet , Pietro Gambardella , Kevin Garello

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Farzad Mahfouzi , Nicholas Kioussis

We use time-resolved (TR) measurements based on the polar magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) to study the magnetization dynamics excited by spin orbit torques in Py (Permalloy)/Pt and Ta/CoFeB bilayers. The analysis reveals that the…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-04-22 Xinran Zhou , Hang Chen , Yu-Sheng Ou , Tao Wang , Rasoul Barri , Harsha Kannan , John Q. Xiao , Matthew F. Doty

Continuous switching driven by spin-orbit torque (SOT) is preferred to realize neuromorphic computing in a spintronic manner. Here we have applied focused ion beam (FIB) to selectively illuminate patterned regions in a Pt/Co/MgO strip with…

Synthetic antiferromagnets (SAF) have been proposed to replace ferromagnets in magnetic memory devices to reduce the stray field, increase the storage density and improve the thermal stability. Here we investigate the spin-orbit torque in a…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-07-04 P. X. Zhang , L. Y. Liao , G. Y. Shi , R. Q. Zhang , H. Q. Wu , Y. Y. Wang , F. Pan , C. Song

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…

Researchers have recently identified a novel class of magnetism, termed "altermagnetism", which exhibits characteristics of both ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. Here, we report a groundbreaking discovery of efficient field-free…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-07-11 Zhuoyi Li , Zhe Zhang , Xianyang Lu , Yongbing Xu

Motivated by recent experiments observing a large antidamping spin-orbit torque (SOT) on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator, we investigate the origin of the current-induced SOT beyond linear-response theory. We find…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 Yong-Long Zhou , Hou-Jian Duan , Yong-jia Wu , Ming-Xun Deng , Lan Wang , Dimitrie Culcer , Rui-Qiang Wang

Symmetry and magnitude of spin-orbit torques (SOT), i.e., current-induced torques on the magnetization of systems lacking inversion symmetry, are investigated in a fully relativistic linear response framework based on the Kubo formalism. By…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-12 Sebastian Wimmer , Kristina Chadova , Marten Seemann , Diemo Ködderitzsch , Hubert Ebert

Recent research works have shown that the magnetic order in some antiferromagnetic materials can be manipulated and detected electrically, due to two physical mechanisms: Neel-order spin-orbit torques and anisotropic magnetoresistance.…

We study spin-orbit torques (SOT) in non-degenerate multiband electron systems in the weak disorder limit. In order to have better physical transparency a semiclassical Boltzmann approach equivalent to the Kubo diagrammatic approach in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Cong Xiao , Qian Niu

Spin-orbit torque enables the electrical control of the orientation of ferromagnets' or antiferromagnets' order parameter. In this work we consider antiferromagnets in which the magnetic sublattices are connected by inversion+time reversal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-01 Fei Xue , Paul M. Haney