Roadmap of spin–orbit torques

Q Shao, P Li, L Liu, H Yang, S Fukami… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spin–orbit torque (SOT) is an emerging technology that enables the efficient manipulation of
spintronic devices. The initial processes of interest in SOTs involved electric fields, spin …

Magnetism, symmetry and spin transport in van der Waals layered systems

H Kurebayashi, JH Garcia, S Khan, J Sinova… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery of an ever-increasing family of atomic layered magnetic materials, together
with the already established vast catalogue of strong spin–orbit coupling and topological …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Orbital torque in magnetic bilayers

D Lee, D Go, HJ Park, W Jeong, HW Ko, D Yun… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The orbital Hall effect describes the generation of the orbital current flowing in a
perpendicular direction to an external electric field, analogous to the spin Hall effect. As the …

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 …

Spin currents and spin–orbit torques in ferromagnetic trilayers

SC Baek, VP Amin, YW Oh, G Go, SJ Lee, GH Lee… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Magnetic torques generated through spin–orbit coupling,,,,,,–promise energy-efficient
spintronic devices. For applications, it is important that these torques switch films with …

Field-free switching of perpendicular magnetization through spin–orbit torque in antiferromagnet/ferromagnet/oxide structures

YW Oh, S Chris Baek, YM Kim, HY Lee, KD Lee… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Spin–orbit torques arising from the spin–orbit coupling of non-magnetic heavy metals allow
electrical switching of perpendicular magnetization. However, the switching is not purely …

Spin torque study of the spin Hall conductivity and spin diffusion length in platinum thin films with varying resistivity

MH Nguyen, DC Ralph, RA Buhrman - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We report measurements of the spin torque efficiencies in perpendicularly magnetized Pt/Co
bilayers where the Pt resistivity ρ Pt is strongly dependent on thickness t Pt. The dampinglike …

Recent advances in spin-orbit torques: Moving towards device applications

R Ramaswamy, JM Lee, K Cai, H Yang - Applied Physics Reviews, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The ability of spintronic devices to utilize an electric current for manipulating the
magnetization has resulted in large-scale developments, such as magnetic random access …