Nature Communications (Sep 2016)
Spin–orbit torque-assisted switching in magnetic insulator thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
- Peng Li,
- Tao Liu,
- Houchen Chang,
- Alan Kalitsov,
- Wei Zhang,
- Gyorgy Csaba,
- Wei Li,
- Daniel Richardson,
- August DeMann,
- Gaurab Rimal,
- Himadri Dey,
- J. S. Jiang,
- Wolfgang Porod,
- Stuart B. Field,
- Jinke Tang,
- Mario C. Marconi,
- Axel Hoffmann,
- Oleg Mryasov,
- Mingzhong Wu
Affiliations
- Peng Li
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University
- Tao Liu
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University
- Houchen Chang
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University
- Alan Kalitsov
- MINT Center, University of Alabama
- Wei Zhang
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Gyorgy Csaba
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
- Wei Li
- Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University
- Daniel Richardson
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University
- August DeMann
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University
- Gaurab Rimal
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wyoming
- Himadri Dey
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
- J. S. Jiang
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Wolfgang Porod
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
- Stuart B. Field
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University
- Jinke Tang
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wyoming
- Mario C. Marconi
- Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University
- Axel Hoffmann
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Oleg Mryasov
- MINT Center, University of Alabama
- Mingzhong Wu
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12688
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
By virtue of strong spin-orbit coupling, a current-carrying heavy metal may generate a torque on the magnetization of an interfaced ferromagnetic metal. Here, the authors demonstrate how this effect assists the magnetic reversal of ferromagnetic insulators with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.
