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Spin-Orbit Torques in Heavy-Metal-Ferromagnet Bilayers with Varying Strengths of Interfacial Spin-Orbit Coupling.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Zhu, Lijun Ralph, Daniel C. Buhrman, Robert A. |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Despite intense efforts it has remained unresolved whether and how interfacial spin-orbit coupling (ISOC) affects spin transport across heavy-metal (HM)-ferromagnet (FM) interfaces. Here we report conclusive experiment evidence that the ISOC at HM/FM interfaces is the dominant mechanism for "spin memory loss". An increase in ISOC significantly reduces, in a linear manner, the dampinglike spin-orbit torque (SOT) exerted on the FM layer via degradation of the spin transparency of the interface for spin currents generated in the HM. In addition, the fieldlike SOT is also dominated by the spin Hall contribution of the HM and decreases with increasing ISOC. This work reveals that ISOC at HM/FM interfaces should be minimized to advance efficient SOT devices through atomic layer passivation of the HM/FM interface or other means. |
| Starting Page | 077201 |
| Ending Page | 077201 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.077201 |
| PubMed reference number | 30848626 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 122 |
| Issue Number | 7 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.03632v1.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.077201 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
