Voltage controlled Néel vector rotation in zero magnetic field

Ather Mahmood; Will Echtenkamp; Mike Street; Jun-Lei Wang; Shi Cao; Takashi Komesu; Peter A. Dowben; Pratyush Buragohain; Haidong Lu; Alexei Gruverman; Arun Parthasarathy; Shaloo Rakheja; Christian Binek

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21872-3

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Voltage controlled Néel vector rotation in zero magnetic field

Ather Mahmood,
Will Echtenkamp,
Mike Street,
Jun-Lei Wang,
Shi Cao,
Takashi Komesu,
Peter A. Dowben,
Pratyush Buragohain,
Haidong Lu,
Alexei Gruverman,
Arun Parthasarathy,
Shaloo Rakheja,
Christian Binek

Affiliations

Ather Mahmood: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Will Echtenkamp: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mike Street: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jun-Lei Wang: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Shi Cao: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Takashi Komesu: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Peter A. Dowben: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Pratyush Buragohain: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Haidong Lu: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Alexei Gruverman: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Arun Parthasarathy: Department of Electrical Engineering, New York University
Shaloo Rakheja: Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Christian Binek: Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21872-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Voltage control of magnetization is critical for the development of antiferromagnetic spintronics. Here, using magnetic force microscopy and Hall measurements, Mahmood et al. demonstrate controlled rotation of the Néel vector in a heterostructure composed of Pt and antiferromagnetic B:Cr2O3.

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