Highly Efficient Room-Temperature Spin-Orbit-Torque Switching in a Van der Waals Heterostructure of Topological Insulator and Ferromagnet. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)All‐Van der Waals (vdW)‐material‐based heterostructures with atomically sharp interfaces offer a versatile platform for high‐performing spintronic functionalities at room temperature.
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Theory of current-induced angular momentum transfer dynamics in spin-orbit coupled systems
Physical Review Research, 2020 Motivated by the importance of understanding various competing mechanisms to the current-induced spin-orbit torque on magnetization in complex magnets, we develop a theory of current-induced spin-orbital coupled dynamics in magnetic heterostructures. The
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Non-equilibrium spatial distribution of Rashba spin torque in ferromagnetic metal layer
AIP Advances, 2012 We study the spatial distribution of spin torque induced by a strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC) in a ferromagnetic (FM) metal layer, using the Keldysh non-equilibrium Green's function method.
N. L. Chung, M. B. A. Jalil, S. G. Tan
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Tunable multistate field-free switching and ratchet effect by spin-orbit torque in canted ferrimagnetic alloy [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSpin-orbit torque is not only a useful probe to study manipulation of magnetic textures and magnetic states at the nanoscale but also it carries great potential for next-generation computing applications. Here we report the observation of rich spin-orbit
Cheng-Hsiang Hsu +4 more
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Switching of Perpendicular Magnetization by Spin–Orbit Torque [PDF]
Advances in Materials, 2023 Magnetic materials with strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy are of great interest for the development of nonvolatile magnetic memory and computing technologies due to their high stabilities at the nanoscale.
Lijun Zhu
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Spin-orbit torque switching of magnetic tunnel junctions for memory applications [PDF]
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2022 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 torques (STT),
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Terahertz spin dynamics driven by an optical spin-orbit torque
Physical Review Research, 2021 Spin torques are at the heart of spin manipulations in spintronic devices. Here, we examine the existence of an optical spin-orbit torque, a relativistic spin torque originating from the spin-orbit coupling of an oscillating applied field with the spins.
Ritwik Mondal +2 more
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Efficient conversion of orbital Hall current to spin current for spin-orbit torque switching [PDF]
Communications Physics, 2021 Spin Hall effect, an electric generation of spin current, allows for efficient control of magnetization. Recent theory revealed that orbital Hall effect creates orbital current, which can be much larger than spin-Hall-induced spin current.
Soogil Lee +13 more
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Field-free spin-orbit torque-induced switching of perpendicular magnetization in a ferrimagnetic layer with a vertical composition gradient [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2021 Current-induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) are of interest for fast and energy-efficient manipulation of magnetic order in spintronic devices. To be deterministic, however, switching of perpendicularly magnetized materials by SOT requires a mechanism for ...
Zhenyi Zheng +17 more
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Exchange Bias Between van der Waals Materials: Tilted Magnetic States and Field‐Free Spin–Orbit‐Torque Switching [PDF]
Advances in Materials, 2023 Magnetic van der Waals heterostructures provide a unique platform to study magnetism and spintronics device concepts in the 2D limit. Here, studies of exchange bias from the van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr acting on the van der Waals ferromagnet ...
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