Designing crystallization in phase-change materials for universal memory and neuro-inspired computing

W Zhang, R Mazzarello, M Wuttig, E Ma - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019‏ - nature.com
The global demand for data storage and processing has increased exponentially in recent
decades. To respond to this demand, research efforts have been devoted to the …

Ferrimagnets for spintronic devices: From materials to applications

Y Zhang, X Feng, Z Zheng, Z Zhang, K Lin… - Applied Physics …, 2023‏ - pubs.aip.org
Spintronic devices use spin instead of charge to process information and are widely
considered as promising candidates for next-generation electronic devices. In past decades …

Spin currents and spin–orbit torques in ferromagnetic trilayers

SC Baek, VP Amin, YW Oh, G Go, SJ Lee, GH Lee… - Nature materials, 2018‏ - nature.com
Magnetic torques generated through spin–orbit coupling,,,,,,–promise energy-efficient
spintronic devices. For applications, it is important that these torques switch films with …

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 …

Optically induced ultrafast magnetization switching in ferromagnetic spin valves

J Igarashi, W Zhang, Q Remy, E Díaz, JX Lin… - Nature Materials, 2023‏ - nature.com
The discovery of spin-transfer torque (STT) enabled the control of the magnetization
direction in magnetic devices in nanoseconds using an electrical current. Ultrashort optical …

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 …

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 …

Switching of perpendicular magnetization by spin–orbit torques in the absence of external magnetic fields

G Yu, P Upadhyaya, Y Fan, JG Alzate, W Jiang… - Nature …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Magnetization switching by current-induced spin–orbit torques is of great interest due to its
potential applications in ultralow-power memory and logic devices. The switching of …

Future perspectives for spintronic devices

A Hirohata, K Takanashi - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2014‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Spintronics is one of the emerging research fields in nanotechnology and has been growing
very rapidly. Studies of spintronics were started after the discovery of giant …

Engineered materials for all-optical helicity-dependent magnetic switching

S Mangin, M Gottwald, CH Lambert, D Steil, V Uhlíř… - Nature materials, 2014‏ - nature.com
The possibility of manipulating magnetic systems without applied magnetic fields have
attracted growing attention over the past fifteen years. The low-power manipulation of the …