Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Orthogonal interlayer coupling in an all-antiferromagnetic junction

  • Yongjian Zhou,
  • Liyang Liao,
  • Tingwen Guo,
  • Hua Bai,
  • Mingkun Zhao,
  • Caihua Wan,
  • Lin Huang,
  • Lei Han,
  • Leilei Qiao,
  • Yunfeng You,
  • Chong Chen,
  • Ruyi Chen,
  • Zhiyuan Zhou,
  • Xiufeng Han,
  • Feng Pan,
  • Cheng Song

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31531-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Ferromagnet/spacer/ferromagnet sandwiches have been studied extensively, and used in a variety of spintronic devices. Here, Zhou et al. create an all anti-ferromagnetic sandwich of Fe2O3/Cr2O3/Fe2O3, and demonstrate strong orthogonal coupling between the top and bottom Fe2O3 layers.