Spin-Orbit Torque in a Single Ferromagnetic Layer Induced by Surface Spin Rotation

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作者
Luo, Ziyan [1 ]
Zhang, Qi [1 ,2 ]
Xu, Yanjun [1 ]
Yang, Yumeng [1 ]
Zhang, Xinhai [2 ]
Wu, Yihong [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, 4 Engn Dr 3, Singapore 117583, Singapore
[2] Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Xueyuan Rd 1088, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
关键词
531 Metallurgy and Metallography - 701.2 Magnetism: Basic Concepts and Phenomena - 708.4 Magnetic Materials - 804.2 Inorganic Compounds - 913.1 Production Engineering - 931.2 Physical Properties of Gases; Liquids and Solids - 931.3 Atomic and Molecular Physics;
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10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.064021
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Spin-orbit torque in heavy metal/ferromagnet heterostructures with broken spatial inversion symmetry provides an efficient mechanism for manipulating magnetization using a charge current. We report the presence of a spin torque in a single ferromagnetic layer in both asymmetric MgO/Fe0.8Mn0.2 and symmetric MgO/Fe0.8Mn0.2/MgO structures, which manifests itself in the form of an effective field transverse to the charge current. The current to effective field conversion efficiency, which is characterized using both the nonlinear magnetoresistance and second-order planar Hall effect methods, is comparable to the efficiency in typical heavy metal/ferromagnet bilayers. We argue that the torque is caused by spin rotation in the vicinity of the surface via impurity scattering in the presence of a strong spin-orbit coupling. Instead of cancelling each other, the torques from the top and bottom surfaces simply add up, leading to a fairly large net torque, which is readily observed experimentally.
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