[HTML][HTML] Spin-orbit torque switching of an antiferromagnetic metallic heterostructure

S DuttaGupta, A Kurenkov, OA Tretiakov… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The ability to represent information using an antiferromagnetic material is attractive for future
antiferromagnetic spintronic devices. Previous studies have focussed on the utilization of …

Absence of evidence of electrical switching of the antiferromagnetic Néel vector

CC Chiang, SY Huang, D Qu, PH Wu, CL Chien - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Much theoretical and experimental attention has been focused on the electrical switching of
the antiferromagnetic (AFM) Néel vector via spin-orbit torque. Measurements employing …

Spin transport and spin torque in antiferromagnetic devices

J Železný, P Wadley, K Olejník, A Hoffmann, H Ohno - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Ferromagnets are key materials for sensing and memory applications. In contrast,
antiferromagnets, which represent the more common form of magnetically ordered materials …

Strong Orientation-Dependent Spin-Orbit Torque in Thin Films of the Antiferromagnet

XF Zhou, J Zhang, F Li, XZ Chen, GY Shi, YZ Tan… - Physical Review …, 2018 - APS
Antiferromagnets with zero net magnetic moment, strong anti-interference, and ultrafast
switching speed are potentially competitive in high-density information storage. The body …

[HTML][HTML] Anomalous spin current anisotropy in a noncollinear antiferromagnet

C Cao, S Chen, RC Xiao, Z Zhu, G Yu, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cubic materials host high crystal symmetry and hence are not expected to support
anisotropy in transport phenomena. In contrast to this common expectation, here we report …

Antidamping-torque-induced switching in biaxial antiferromagnetic insulators

XZ Chen, R Zarzuela, J Zhang, C Song, XF Zhou… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We investigate the current-induced switching of the Néel order in NiO (001)/Pt
heterostructures, which is manifested electrically via the spin Hall magnetoresistance …

[HTML][HTML] Field-free spin-orbit torque switching via out-of-plane spin-polarization induced by an antiferromagnetic insulator/heavy metal interface

M Wang, J Zhou, X Xu, T Zhang, Z Zhu, Z Guo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Manipulating spin polarization orientation is challenging but crucial for field-free spintronic
devices. Although such manipulation has been demonstrated in a limited number of …

A piezoelectric, strain-controlled antiferromagnetic memory insensitive to magnetic fields

H Yan, Z Feng, S Shang, X Wang, Z Hu, J Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Spintronic devices based on antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials hold the promise of fast
switching speeds and robustness against magnetic fields,–. Different device concepts have …

Spin-orbit-torque switching mediated by an antiferromagnetic insulator

H Wang, J Finley, P Zhang, J Han, JT Hou, L Liu - Physical Review Applied, 2019 - APS
We report the observation of antiferromagnetic insulator-mediated spin-orbit-torque
switching in Pt/Ni O/Co 1− x Tb x heterostructures. By measuring the current-induced shift in …

Manipulating exchange bias by spin–orbit torque

PH Lin, BY Yang, MH Tsai, PC Chen, KF Huang… - Nature Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Exchange bias, a shift in the hysteresis loop of a ferromagnet arising from interfacial
exchange coupling between adjacent ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic layers, is an …