Chiral spintronics

SH Yang, R Naaman, Y Paltiel, SSP Parkin - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021‏ - nature.com
As spins move through a chiral electric field, the resulting spin current can acquire chirality
through a spin–orbit interaction. Such spin currents are highly useful in creating spin–orbit …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: Magnetic skyrmions—Overview of recent progress in an active research field

K Everschor-Sitte, J Masell, RM Reeve… - Journal of Applied …, 2018‏ - pubs.aip.org
Within a decade, the field of magnetic skyrmionics has developed from a niche prediction to
a huge and active research field. Not only do magnetic skyrmions—magnetic whirls with a …

[HTML][HTML] Skyrmion devices for memory and logic applications

S Luo, L You - APL Materials, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
Skyrmions have received considerable attention in various studies since the experimental
observation in magnetic materials in 2009. Skyrmions, which are topological, particle-like …

Helium ions put magnetic skyrmions on the track

R Juge, K Bairagi, KG Rana, J Vogel, M Sall… - Nano Letters, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Magnetic skyrmions are deemed to be the forerunners of novel spintronic memory and logic
devices. While their observation and their current-driven motion at room temperature have …

Creation and annihilation of non-volatile fixed magnetic skyrmions using voltage control of magnetic anisotropy

D Bhattacharya, SA Razavi, H Wu, B Dai, KL Wang… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Magnetic skyrmions are topological spin textures that could be used to create magnetic
memory and logic devices. Such devices typically rely on current-controlled motion of …

Field-free spin–orbit torque switching enabled by the interlayer Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction

W He, C Wan, C Zheng, Y Wang, X Wang, T Ma… - Nano Letters, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Perpendicularly magnetized structures that are switchable using a spin current under field-
free conditions can potentially be applied in spin–orbit torque magnetic random-access …

Magnetic skyrmions: materials, manipulation, detection, and applications in spintronic devices

H Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Hou, M Qin, X Gao, J Liu - Materials Futures, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic skyrmions are vortex-like spin configurations that possess nanometric dimensions,
topological stability, and high controllability through various external stimuli. Since their first …

Symmetry-breaking interlayer Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions in synthetic antiferromagnets

A Fernández-Pacheco, E Vedmedenko, F Ummelen… - Nature materials, 2019‏ - nature.com
Abstract The magnetic interfacial Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) in multilayered
thin films can lead to chiral spin states, which are of paramount importance for future …

Topological magneto-optical effect from skyrmion lattice

YD Kato, Y Okamura, M Hirschberger, Y Tokura… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The magnetic skyrmion is a spin-swirling topological object characterized by its nontrivial
winding number, holding potential for next-generation spintronic devices. While optical …

Electrical detection of magnetic skyrmions in a magnetic tunnel junction

Y Guang, L Zhang, J Zhang, Y Wang… - Advanced Electronic …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic skyrmions are promising information carriers for dense and energy‐efficient
information storage owing to their small size, low driving‐current density, and topological …