Room temperature magnetization switching in topological insulator-ferromagnet heterostructures by spin-orbit torques

Yi Wang; Dapeng Zhu; Yang Wu; Yumeng Yang; Jiawei Yu; Rajagopalan Ramaswamy; Rahul Mishra; Shuyuan Shi; Mehrdad Elyasi; Kie-Leong Teo; Yihong Wu; Hyunsoo Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01583-4

Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Room temperature magnetization switching in topological insulator-ferromagnet heterostructures by spin-orbit torques

Yi Wang,
Dapeng Zhu,
Yang Wu,
Yumeng Yang,
Jiawei Yu,
Rajagopalan Ramaswamy,
Rahul Mishra,
Shuyuan Shi,
Mehrdad Elyasi,
Kie-Leong Teo,
Yihong Wu,
Hyunsoo Yang

Affiliations

Yi Wang: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Dapeng Zhu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Yang Wu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Yumeng Yang: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Jiawei Yu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Rajagopalan Ramaswamy: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Rahul Mishra: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Shuyuan Shi: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Mehrdad Elyasi: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Kie-Leong Teo: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Yihong Wu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Hyunsoo Yang: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01583-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The application of spin-orbit torque in topological insulator heterostructures is limited only under low temperature. Here, the authors report room temperature magnetization switching in topological insulator-ferromagnet heterostructures by spin-orbit torques.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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