Current-induced spin-orbit torques in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic systems

A Manchon, J Železný, IM Miron, T Jungwirth… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019 - APS
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 …

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 …

Antiferromagnetic spintronics

V Baltz, A Manchon, M Tsoi, T Moriyama, T Ono… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
Antiferromagnetic materials could represent the future of spintronic applications thanks to
the numerous interesting features they combine: they are robust against perturbation due to …

Spin torque study of the spin Hall conductivity and spin diffusion length in platinum thin films with varying resistivity

MH Nguyen, DC Ralph, RA Buhrman - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We report measurements of the spin torque efficiencies in perpendicularly magnetized Pt/Co
bilayers where the Pt resistivity ρ Pt is strongly dependent on thickness t Pt. The dam**like …

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 …

Maximizing spin-orbit torque generated by the spin Hall effect of Pt

L Zhu, DC Ralph, RA Buhrman - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Efficient generation of spin–orbit torques is central for the exciting field of spin-orbitronics.
Platinum, the archetypal spin Hall material, has the potential to be an outstanding provider …

Dependence of the efficiency of spin Hall torque on the transparency of Pt/ferromagnetic layer interfaces

CF Pai, Y Ou, LH Vilela-Leão, DC Ralph, RA Buhrman - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We report that spin current transport across Pt/ferromagnet (FM) interfaces as measured by
the spin torques exerted on the FM is strongly dependent on the type and the thickness of …

Current‐induced spin–orbit torques for spintronic applications

J Ryu, S Lee, KJ Lee, BG Park - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Control of magnetization in magnetic nanostructures is essential for development of
spintronic devices because it governs fundamental device characteristics such as energy …

Effective spin-mixing conductance of heavy-metal–ferromagnet interfaces

L Zhu, DC Ralph, RA Buhrman - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
The effective spin-mixing conductance (G eff↑↓) of a heavy-metal–ferromagnet (HM-FM)
interface characterizes the efficiency of the interfacial spin transport. Accurately determining …

Determination of spin torque efficiencies in heterostructures with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

CF Pai, M Mann, AJ Tan, GSD Beach - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We report that by measuring a current-induced hysteresis loop shift versus in-plane bias
magnetic field, the spin-Hall effect (SHE) contribution of the current-induced effective field …