Opportunities and challenges for spintronics in the microelectronics industry

B Dieny, IL Prejbeanu, K Garello, P Gambardella… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Spintronic devices exploit the spin, as well as the charge, of electrons and could bring new
capabilities to the microelectronics industry. However, in order for spintronic devices to meet …

[HTML][HTML] Spin insulatronics

A Brataas, B van Wees, O Klein, G de Loubens, M Viret - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Spin insulatronics covers efforts to generate, detect, control, and utilize high-fidelity pure
spin currents and excitations inside magnetic insulators. Ultimately, the new findings may …

Spin–orbit torque switching without an external field using interlayer exchange coupling

YC Lau, D Betto, K Rode, JMD Coey… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Manipulation of the magnetization of a perpendicular ferromagnetic free layer by spin–orbit
torque (SOT),,, is an attractive alternative to spin-transfer torque (STT) in oscillators and …

Role of transparency of platinum–ferromagnet interfaces in determining the intrinsic magnitude of the spin Hall effect

W Zhang, W Han, X Jiang, SH Yang, S SP Parkin - Nature physics, 2015 - nature.com
The spin Hall effect converts charge current to pure spin currents in orthogonal directions in
materials that have significant spin–orbit coupling. The efficiency of the conversion is …

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 …

Current-induced torques in magnetic materials

A Brataas, AD Kent, H Ohno - Nature materials, 2012 - nature.com
The magnetization of a magnetic material can be reversed by using electric currents that
transport spin angular momentum. In the reciprocal process a changing magnetization …

Theory of spin Hall magnetoresistance

YT Chen, S Takahashi, H Nakayama, M Althammer… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
We present a theory of the spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) in multilayers made from an
insulating ferromagnet F, such as yttrium iron garnet (YIG), and a normal metal N with spin …

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 …

Magnetization switching by magnon-mediated spin torque through an antiferromagnetic insulator

Y Wang, D Zhu, Y Yang, K Lee, R Mishra, G Go, SH Oh… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Widespread applications of magnetic devices require an efficient means to manipulate the
local magnetization. One mechanism is the electrical spin-transfer torque associated with …

Enhanced Gilbert dam** in thin ferromagnetic films

Y Tserkovnyak, A Brataas, GEW Bauer - Physical review letters, 2002 - APS
The precession of the magnetization of a ferromagnet is shown to transfer spins into
adjacent normal metal layers. This “pum**” of spins slows down the precession …