Spin-orbit torques: Materials, mechanisms, performances, and potential applications

C Song, R Zhang, L Liao, Y Zhou, X Zhou… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Current-induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) is attracting increasing interest and exciting
significant research activity. We aim to provide a comprehensive review of recent progress in …

Spintronic devices for high-density memory and neuromorphic computing–A review

BJ Chen, M Zeng, KH Khoo, D Das, X Fong, S Fukami… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Spintronics is a growing research field that focuses on exploring materials and devices that
take advantage of the electron's “spin” to go beyond charge based devices. The most …

Field-free spin-orbit torque-induced switching of perpendicular magnetization in a ferrimagnetic layer with a vertical composition gradient

Z Zheng, Y Zhang, V Lopez-Dominguez… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Current-induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) are of interest for fast and energy-efficient
manipulation of magnetic order in spintronic devices. To be deterministic, however …

Spin-orbit torques: Materials, physics, and devices

X Han, X Wang, C Wan, G Yu, X Lv - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Spintronics, that is, the utilization of electron spin to enrich the functionality of
microelectronics, has led to the inception of numerous novel devices, particularly magnetic …

Magnetoresistive random access memory: Present and future

S Ikegawa, FB Mancoff, J Janesky… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) is regarded as a reliable persistent
memory technology because of its long data retention and robust endurance. Initial MRAM …

Symmetry-breaking interlayer Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions in synthetic antiferromagnets

A Fernández-Pacheco, E Vedmedenko, F Ummelen… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The magnetic interfacial Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) in multilayered
thin films can lead to chiral spin states, which are of paramount importance for future …

Compact modeling and analysis of voltage-gated spin-orbit torque magnetic tunnel junction

K Zhang, D Zhang, C Wang, L Zeng, Y Wang… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, experimental results have demonstrated that perpendicular magnetic tunnel
junction (p-MTJ) with the antiferromagnetic (AFM)/ferromagnetic (FM)/oxide structure can …

Magnetisation switching dynamics induced by combination of spin transfer torque and spin orbit torque

A Meo, J Chureemart, RW Chantrell, P Chureemart - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
We present a theoretical investigation of the magnetisation reversal process in CoFeB-
based magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). We perform atomistic spin simulations of …

High‐Efficiency Spin–Orbit Torque Switching Using a Single Heavy‐Metal Alloy with Opposite Spin Hall Angles

ZA Bekele, X Liu, Y Cao, K Wang - Advanced Electronic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Spin–orbit torque (SOT) induced perpendicular magnetization switching in Pt1‐
xGdx/Co/Al2O3 heterostructure with x= 0, 0.02, 0.14, 0.30, and 0.33 is investigated. With in …

Interfacial and bulk spin Hall contributions to fieldlike spin-orbit torque generated by iridium

S Dutta, A Bose, AA Tulapurkar, RA Buhrman… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We present measurements of spin-orbit torques generated by Ir as a function of film
thickness in sputtered Ir/CoFeB and Ir/Co samples. We find that Ir provides a dampinglike …