Roadmap of spin–orbit torques

Q Shao, P Li, L Liu, H Yang, S Fukami… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spin–orbit torque (SOT) is an emerging technology that enables the efficient manipulation of
spintronic devices. The initial processes of interest in SOTs involved electric fields, spin …

Spin-orbit torques: Materials, mechanisms, performances, and potential applications

C Song, R Zhang, L Liao, Y Zhou, X Zhou… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Current-induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) is attracting increasing interest and exciting
significant research activity. We aim to provide a comprehensive review of recent progress in …

Symmetry-dependent field-free switching of perpendicular magnetization

L Liu, C Zhou, X Shu, C Li, T Zhao, W Lin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Modern magnetic-memory technology requires all-electric control of perpendicular
magnetization with low energy consumption. While spin–orbit torque (SOT) in heavy …

Room-temperature high spin–orbit torque due to quantum confinement in sputtered BixSe(1–x) films

M Dc, R Grassi, JY Chen, M Jamali… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
The spin–orbit torque (SOT) that arises from materials with large spin–orbit coupling
promises a path for ultralow power and fast magnetic-based storage and computational …

Room-temperature spin-orbit torque switching induced by a topological insulator

J Han, A Richardella, SA Siddiqui, J Finley, N Samarth… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
The strongly spin-momentum coupled electronic states in topological insulators (TI) have
been extensively pursued to realize efficient magnetic switching. However, previous studies …

Formation and current-induced motion of synthetic antiferromagnetic skyrmion bubbles

T Dohi, S DuttaGupta, S Fukami, H Ohno - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Skyrmion, a topologically-protected soliton, is known to emerge via electron spin in various
magnetic materials. The magnetic skyrmion can be driven by low current density and has a …

Electric field control of deterministic current-induced magnetization switching in a hybrid ferromagnetic/ferroelectric structure

K Cai, M Yang, H Ju, S Wang, Y Ji, B Li… - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
All-electrical and programmable manipulations of ferromagnetic bits are highly pursued for
the aim of high integration and low energy consumption in modern information technology …

Efficient current-induced spin torques and field-free magnetization switching in a room-temperature van der Waals magnet

C Yun, H Guo, Z Lin, L Peng, Z Liang, M Meng… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The discovery of magnetism in van der Waals (vdW) materials has established unique
building blocks for the research of emergent spintronic phenomena. In particular, owing to …

Highly Efficient Spin–Orbit Torque and Switching of Layered Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2

M Alghamdi, M Lohmann, J Li, PR Jothi, Q Shao… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Among van der Waals (vdW) layered ferromagnets, Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) is an excellent
candidate material to form FGT/heavy metal heterostructures for studying the effect of spin …

Recent advances in spin-orbit torques: Moving towards device applications

R Ramaswamy, JM Lee, K Cai, H Yang - Applied Physics Reviews, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The ability of spintronic devices to utilize an electric current for manipulating the
magnetization has resulted in large-scale developments, such as magnetic random access …