Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Orbital torque in magnetic bilayers

  • Dongjoon Lee,
  • Dongwook Go,
  • Hyeon-Jong Park,
  • Wonmin Jeong,
  • Hye-Won Ko,
  • Deokhyun Yun,
  • Daegeun Jo,
  • Soogil Lee,
  • Gyungchoon Go,
  • Jung Hyun Oh,
  • Kab-Jin Kim,
  • Byong-Guk Park,
  • Byoung-Chul Min,
  • Hyun Cheol Koo,
  • Hyun-Woo Lee,
  • OukJae Lee,
  • Kyung-Jin Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26650-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The orbital Hall effect involves the transport of orbital angular momentum perpendicular to an applied charge current, analogous to the spin Hall effect. Here, Lee et al examine magnetic torques present in a Nickel/Tantalum bilayer, clearly demonstrating the contribution of the orbital Hall effect.