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拓扑绝缘体/铁磁垂直异质结构中的自旋转移矩和自旋极化

Spin-transfer torque and spin-polarization in topological-insulator/ferromagnet vertical heterostructures

Farzad Mahfouzi, Naoto Nagaosa, Branislav K. Nikolic

摘要:

我们预测了一个非常规的自旋转移矩(STT)作用于N/TI/F垂直异质结构中的自由铁磁(F)层的磁化强度,它起源于三维拓扑绝缘体(TI)表面的强自旋轨道耦合(SOC),以及来自电荷电流在其从正常金属(N)流动时在传输方向上变成自旋极化的电荷电流,在TI板的大部分上。不像对称F '/I/F磁性隧道结中的常规STT(其中仅平面内STT分量在线性响应中为非零),平面内和垂直扭矩在N/TI/F结中都是相当大的,同时不需要固定的F'层作为自旋极化器,这对于自旋电子应用是有利的。使用非平衡Born-Oppenheimer处理之间的相互作用的快传导电子和慢磁化,我们推导出一个通用的Keldysh格林函数为基础的STT公式,这使得它可以分析扭矩中存在的SOC无论是在散装或在界面处的自由F层。

英文摘要:

We predict an unconventional spin-transfer torque (STT) acting on the magnetization of a free ferromagnetic (F) layer within N/TI/F vertical heterostructures which originates from strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator (TI), as well as from charge current becoming spin-polarized in the direction of transport as it flows from the normal metal (N) across the bulk of the TI slab. Unlike conventional STT in symmetric F'/I/F magnetic tunnel junctions, where only the in-plane STT component is non-zero in the linear response, both the in-plane and perpendicular torque are sizable in N/TI/F junctions while not requiring fixed F' layer as spin-polarizer which is advantageous for spintronic applications. Using the nonequilibrium Born-Oppenheimer treatment of interaction between fast conduction electrons and slow magnetization, we derive a general Keldysh Green function-based STT formula which makes it possible to analyze torque in the presence of SOC either in the bulk or at the interface of the free F layer.

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