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arXiv 1909.09604cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.mes-hall
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通过畴壁运动实现的无场自旋-轨道转矩翻转

Field-free spin-orbit torque switching through domain wall motion

Neil Murray, Wei-Bang Liao, Ting-Chien Wang, Liang-Juan Chang, Li-Zai Tsai, Tsung-Yu Tsai, Shang-Fan Lee, Chi-Feng Pai

摘要:

在铁磁层被磁化的重过渡金属/铁磁金属/氧化物磁性异质结构中的磁化的确定性电流诱导自旋轨道转矩(SOT)切换通常需要外部施加的面内场来打破切换对称性。我们表明,通过插入一个面内磁化的铁磁层CoFeB下面的传统的W/CoFeB/MgO SOT异质结构,确定性的SOT开关的非均匀磁化的顶部CoFeB层可以实现,而不需要在面内偏置场。Kerr成像研究进一步揭示了所观察到的开关主要由畴成核和畴壁运动主导,这可能限制了将这种类型的多层堆叠设计用于纳米SOT-MRAM应用的潜力。实验开关行为与微磁模拟的比较表明,在我们的设备中的确定性开关不能解释的杂散场贡献的面内磁化层,和粗糙度引起的Néel耦合效应可能发挥更重要的作用,在实现所观察到的无场确定性开关。

英文摘要:

Deterministic current-induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) switching of magnetization in a heavy transition metal/ferromagnetic metal/oxide magnetic heterostructure with the ferromagnetic layer being perpendicularly-magnetized typically requires an externally-applied in-plane field to break the switching symmetry. We show that by inserting an in-plane magnetized ferromagnetic layer CoFeB underneath the conventional W/CoFeB/MgO SOT heterostructure, deterministic SOT switching of the perpendicularly-magnetized top CoFeB layer can be realized without the need of in-plane bias field. Kerr imaging study further unveils that the observed switching is mainly dominated by domain nucleation and domain wall motion, which might limit the potentiality of using this type of multilayer stack design for nanoscale SOT-MRAM application. Comparison of the experimental switching behavior with micromagnetic simulations reveals that the deterministic switching in our devices cannot be explained by the stray field contribution of the in-plane magnetized layer, and the roughness-caused Néel coupling effect might play a more important role in achieving the observed field-free deterministic switching.

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