Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

A spin torque meter with magnetic facet domains

  • Kyoung-Woong Moon,
  • Changsoo Kim,
  • Jungbum Yoon,
  • Jun Woo Choi,
  • Dong-Ok Kim,
  • Kyung Mee Song,
  • Dongseuk Kim,
  • Byong Sun Chun,
  • Chanyong Hwang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06223-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Spin torques with different origins enable the magnetic domain wall motion, but the contributions are hard to be distinguished. Here, the authors show the method to measure both spin-magnetization transfer torque and spin–orbit torque by using mountain-shaped domains with straight domain walls.