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自旋极化电流诱导多晶Mn3Sn薄膜的磁化反转

Magnetization switching in polycrystalline Mn3Sn thin film induced by self-generated spin-polarized current

Hang Xie, Xin Chen, Qi Zhang, Zhiqiang Mu, Xinhai Zhang, Binghai Yan, Yihong Wu

摘要:

自旋的电操纵对于设计最先进的自旋电子器件是必不可少的,并且通常依赖于从第二重金属材料注入的自旋电流。手征反铁磁体产生自旋电流的事实启发我们利用自生自旋矩来探索手征自旋的磁化翻转。在这里,我们证明了非共线的反铁磁态在Mn 3Sn的电开关通过观察从传统的自旋-轨道扭矩的自生成的自旋扭矩的交叉时,在Ta/MgO/Mn 3Sn多晶薄膜中的MgO厚度的增加。通过改变MgO的厚度可以控制甚至阻止Ta层的自旋电流注入,但是即使在大的MgO厚度下也能维持开关。此外,当MgO厚度超过约3 nm时,开关极性反转,这不能通过由于来自Ta层的自旋电流注入而导致的自旋-轨道扭矩情形来解释。在MgO/Mn 3Sn和Ti/Mn 3Sn双层膜中也观察到明显的电流诱导开关,其中外部注入到Mn 3Sn的自旋霍尔电流可以忽略不计。由自旋极化电流引起的晶粒间自旋转移力矩解释了实验观察结果。我们的研究结果提供了一个替代的途径,而不诉诸于传统的双层结构的非共线反铁磁态的电操纵。

英文摘要:

Electrical manipulation of spins is essential to design state-of-the-art spintronic devices and commonly relies on the spin current injected from a second heavy-metal material. The fact that chiral antiferromagnets produce spin current inspires us to explore the magnetization switching of chiral spins using self-generated spin torque. Here, we demonstrate the electric switching of noncollinear antiferromagnetic state in Mn3Sn by observing a crossover from conventional spin-orbit torque to the self-generated spin torque when increasing the MgO thickness in Ta/MgO/Mn3Sn polycrystalline films. The spin current injection from the Ta layer can be controlled and even blocked by varying the MgO thickness, but the switching sustains even at a large MgO thickness. Furthermore, the switching polarity reverses when the MgO thickness exceeds around 3 nm, which cannot be explained by the spin-orbit torque scenario due to spin current injection from the Ta layer. Evident current-induced switching is also observed in MgO/Mn3Sn and Ti/Mn3Sn bilayers, where external injection of spin Hall current to Mn3Sn is negligible. The inter-grain spin-transfer torque induced by spin-polarized current explains the experimental observations. Our findings provide an alternative pathway for electrical manipulation of non-collinear antiferromagnetic state without resorting to the conventional bilayer structure.

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