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- Title
Magnetization switching through giant spin-orbit torque in a magnetically doped topological insulator heterostructure.
- Authors
Fan, Yabin; Upadhyaya, Pramey; Kou, Xufeng; Lang, Murong; Takei, So; Wang, Zhenxing; Tang, Jianshi; He, Liang; Chang, Li-Te; Montazeri, Mohammad; Yu, Guoqiang; Jiang, Wanjun; Nie, Tianxiao; Schwartz, Robert N.; Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav; Wang, Kang L.
- Abstract
Recent demonstrations of magnetization switching induced by in-plane current in heavy metal/ferromagnetic heterostructures (HMFHs) have drawn great attention to spin torques arising from large spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Given the intrinsic strong SOC, topological insulators (TIs) are expected to be promising candidates for exploring spin-orbit torque (SOT)-related physics. Here we demonstrate experimentally the magnetization switching through giant SOT induced by an in-plane current in a chromium-doped TI bilayer heterostructure. The critical current density required for switching is below 8.9 × 104 A cm−2 at 1.9 K. Moreover, the SOT is calibrated by measuring the effective spin-orbit field using second-harmonic methods. The effective field to current ratio and the spin-Hall angle tangent are almost three orders of magnitude larger than those reported for HMFHs. The giant SOT and efficient current-induced magnetization switching exhibited by the bilayer heterostructure may lead to innovative spintronics applications such as ultralow power dissipation memory and logic devices.
- Subjects
MAGNETIZATION; HETEROSTRUCTURES; CURRENT density (Electromagnetism); SPIN-orbit interactions; TOPOLOGICAL insulators; SPINTRONICS
- Publication
Nature Materials, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 7, p699
- ISSN
1476-1122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nmat3973