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 …

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 …

Field-free switching of perpendicular magnetization through spin–orbit torque in antiferromagnet/ferromagnet/oxide structures

YW Oh, S Chris Baek, YM Kim, HY Lee, KD Lee… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Spin–orbit torques arising from the spin–orbit coupling of non-magnetic heavy metals allow
electrical switching of perpendicular magnetization. However, the switching is not purely …

Anatomy of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction at Interfaces

H Yang, A Thiaville, S Rohart, A Fert, M Chshiev - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) has been recently recognized to play a crucial
role in allowing fast domain wall dynamics driven by spin-orbit torques and the generation of …

Magnetization switching through giant spin–orbit torque in a magnetically doped topological insulator heterostructure

Y Fan, P Upadhyaya, X Kou, M Lang, S Takei… - Nature materials, 2014 - nature.com
Recent demonstrations of magnetization switching induced by in-plane current in heavy
metal/ferromagnetic heterostructures (HMFHs) have drawn great attention to spin torques …

Current-driven dynamics of chiral ferromagnetic domain walls

S Emori, U Bauer, SM Ahn, E Martinez, GSD Beach - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
In most ferromagnets the magnetization rotates from one domain to the next with no
preferred handedness. However, broken inversion symmetry can lift the chiral degeneracy …

Chiral spin torque at magnetic domain walls

KS Ryu, L Thomas, SH Yang, S Parkin - Nature nanotechnology, 2013 - nature.com
Spin-polarized currents provide a powerful means of manipulating the magnetization of
nanodevices, and give rise to spin transfer torques that can drive magnetic domain walls …

Symmetry and magnitude of spin–orbit torques in ferromagnetic heterostructures

K Garello, IM Miron, CO Avci, F Freimuth… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Recent demonstrations of magnetization switching induced by in-plane current injection in
heavy metal/ferromagnetic heterostructures have drawn increasing attention to spin torques …

Current-Induced Switching of Perpendicularly Magnetized Magnetic Layers<? format?> Using Spin Torque from the Spin Hall Effect

L Liu, OJ Lee, TJ Gudmundsen, DC Ralph… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
We show that in a perpendicularly magnetized Pt/Co bilayer the spin-Hall effect (SHE) in Pt
can produce a spin torque strong enough to efficiently rotate and switch the Co …

Layer thickness dependence of the current-induced effective field vector in Ta| CoFeB| MgO

J Kim, J Sinha, M Hayashi, M Yamanouchi, S Fukami… - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Current-induced effective magnetic fields can provide efficient ways of electrically
manipulating the magnetization of ultrathin magnetic heterostructures. Two effects, known as …