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 …

Roadmap of spin–orbit torques

Q Shao, P Li, L Liu, H Yang, S Fukami… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spin–orbit torque (SOT) is an emerging technology that enables the efficient manipulation of
spintronic devices. The initial processes of interest in SOTs involved electric fields, spin …

Skyrmion Hall effect revealed by direct time-resolved X-ray microscopy

K Litzius, I Lemesh, B Krüger, P Bassirian, L Caretta… - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
Magnetic skyrmions are promising candidates for future spintronic applications such as
skyrmion racetrack memories and logic devices. They exhibit exotic and complex dynamics …

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 …

Spin-orbit torques: Materials, physics, and devices

X Han, X Wang, C Wan, G Yu, X Lv - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Spintronics, that is, the utilization of electron spin to enrich the functionality of
microelectronics, has led to the inception of numerous novel devices, particularly magnetic …

Efficient conversion of orbital Hall current to spin current for spin-orbit torque switching

S Lee, MG Kang, D Go, D Kim, JH Kang, T Lee… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Spin Hall effect, an electric generation of spin current, allows for efficient control of
magnetization. Recent theory revealed that orbital Hall effect creates orbital current, which …

Room-temperature current-induced generation and motion of sub-100 nm skyrmions

W Legrand, D Maccariello, N Reyren, K Garcia… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale windings of the spin configuration that hold great
promise for technology due to their topology-related properties and extremely reduced sizes …

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 …

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 …

Topological Surface States Originated Spin-Orbit Torques in

Y Wang, P Deorani, K Banerjee, N Koirala, M Brahlek… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
The three dimensional topological insulator bismuth selenide (Bi 2 Se 3) is expected to
possess strong spin-orbit coupling and spin-textured topological surface states and, thus …