Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Electric-field control of field-free spin-orbit torque switching via laterally modulated Rashba effect in Pt/Co/AlOx structures

  • Min-Gu Kang,
  • Jong-Guk Choi,
  • Jimin Jeong,
  • Jae Yeol Park,
  • Hyeon-Jong Park,
  • Taehwan Kim,
  • Taekhyeon Lee,
  • Kab-Jin Kim,
  • Kyoung-Whan Kim,
  • Jung Hyun Oh,
  • Duc Duong Viet,
  • Jong-Ryul Jeong,
  • Jong Min Yuk,
  • Jongsun Park,
  • Kyung-Jin Lee,
  • Byong-Guk Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27459-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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A major challenge for spin based electronics is the electrical control of magnetization. Here, Kang et al demonstrate how electric field control of the Rashba effect in a Pt/Co/AlOx can enable control of the spin-orbit torque and allow for field free switching of the magnetization.