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Title: | Setting of the magnetic structure of chiral kagome antiferromagnets by a seeded spin-orbit torque |
Author(s): | Pal, Banabir Hazra, Binoy K. Göbel, Börge Jeon, Jae-Chun Pandeya, Avanindra K. Chakraborty, Anirban Busch, Oliver Srivastava, Abhay Kant Deniz, Hakan Taylor, James Mark Meyerheim, Holger Mertig, Ingrid Yang, See-Hun Parkin, Stuart S. P. |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Abstract: | The current-induced spin-orbit torque switching of ferromagnets has had huge impact in spintronics. However, short spin-diffusion lengths limit the thickness of switchable ferromagnetic layers, thereby limiting their thermal stability. Here, we report a previously unobserved seeded spin-orbit torque (SSOT) by which current can set the magnetic states of even thick layers of the chiral kagome antiferromagnet Mn3Sn. The mechanism involves setting the orientation of the antiferromagnetic domains in a thin region at the interface with spin currents arising from an adjacent heavy metal while also heating the layer above its magnetic ordering temperature. This interface region seeds the resulting spin texture of the entire layer as it cools down and, thereby, overcomes the thickness limitation of conventional spin-orbit torques. SSOT switching in Mn3Sn can be extended beyond chiral antiferromagnets to diverse magnetic systems and provides a path toward the development of highly efficient, high-speed, and thermally stable spintronic devices. |
URI: | https://opendata.uni-halle.de//handle/1981185920/103565 http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/101618 |
Open Access: | Open access publication |
License: | (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
Journal Title: | Science advances |
Publisher: | Assoc. |
Publisher Place: | Washington, DC [u.a.] |
Volume: | 8 |
Issue: | 24 |
Original Publication: | 10.1126/sciadv.abo5930 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Publikationen der MLU |
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