Current-induced spin-orbit torques in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic systems

A Manchon, J Železný, IM Miron, T Jungwirth… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019 - APS
Spin-orbit coupling in inversion-asymmetric magnetic crystals and structures has emerged
as a powerful tool to generate complex magnetic textures, interconvert charge and spin …

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 …

Efficient conversion of orbital Hall current to spin current for spin-orbit torque switching

S Lee, MG Kang, D Go, D Kim, JH Kang, T Lee… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Spin Hall effect, an electric generation of spin current, allows for efficient control of
magnetization. Recent theory revealed that orbital Hall effect creates orbital current, which …

Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at transition metal/oxide interfaces and applications

B Dieny, M Chshiev - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
Spin electronics is a rapidly expanding field stimulated by a strong synergy between
breakthrough basic research discoveries and industrial applications in the fields of magnetic …

Observation of long-range orbital transport and giant orbital torque

H Hayashi, D Jo, D Go, T Gao, S Haku… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Modern spintronics relies on the generation of spin currents through spin-orbit coupling. The
spin-current generation has been believed to be triggered by current-induced orbital …

Orbital torque: Torque generation by orbital current injection

D Go, HW Lee - Physical review research, 2020 - APS
We propose a mechanism of torque generation by injection of an orbital current, which we
call orbital torque. In a magnetic bilayer consisting of a nonmagnet (NM) and a ferromagnet …

Spin transport at interfaces with spin-orbit coupling: Formalism

VP Amin, MD Stiles - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We generalize magnetoelectronic circuit theory to account for spin transfer to and from the
atomic lattice via interfacial spin-orbit coupling. This enables a proper treatment of spin …

Orbital Rashba effect in a surface-oxidized Cu film

D Go, D Jo, T Gao, K Ando, S Blügel, HW Lee… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Recent experimental observation of an unexpectedly large current-induced spin-orbit torque
in surface oxidized Cu on top of a ferromagnet pointed to a possibly prominent role of the …

Spin transport at interfaces with spin-orbit coupling: Phenomenology

VP Amin, MD Stiles - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
This paper presents the boundary conditions needed for drift-diffusion models to treat
interfaces with spin-orbit coupling. Using these boundary conditions for heavy …

Large interfacial Rashba interaction generating strong spin–orbit torques in atomically thin metallic heterostructures

S Krishnia, Y Sassi, F Ajejas, N Sebe, N Reyren… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The hallmark of spintronics has been the ability of spin–orbit interactions to convert a charge
current into a spin current and vice versa, mainly in the bulk of heavy metal thin films. Here …