Autor: |
Mishra, Rahul, Yu, Jiawei, Qiu, Xuepeng, Motapothula, M., Venkatesan, T., Yang, Hyunsoo |
Rok vydání: |
2017 |
Předmět: |
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Druh dokumentu: |
Working Paper |
DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.167201 |
Popis: |
While current-induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) have been extensively studied in ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, ferrimagnets have been less studied. Here we report the presence of enhanced spin-orbit torques resulting from negative exchange interaction in ferrimagnets. The effective field and switching efficiency increase substantially as CoGd approaches its compensation point, giving rise to 9 times larger spin-orbit torques compared to that of non-compensated one. The macrospin modelling results also support efficient spin-orbit torques in a ferrimagnet. Our results suggest that ferrimagnets near compensation can be a new route for spin-orbit torque applications due to their high thermal stability and easy current-induced switching assisted by negative exchange interaction. |
Databáze: |
arXiv |
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