scholarly journals Spin-memory loss induced by bulk spin–orbit coupling at ferromagnet/heavy-metal interfaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 042408
Author(s):  
Mijin Lim ◽  
Hyun-Woo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Memory Loss ◽  
Orbit Coupling ◽  
Spin Orbit Coupling ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Metal Interfaces

scholarly journals Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction in noncentrosymmetric superlattices

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Woo Seung Ham ◽  
Abdul-Muizz Pradipto ◽  
Kay Yakushiji ◽  
Kwangsu Kim ◽  
Sonny H. Rhim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Orbit Coupling ◽  
Inversion Symmetry ◽  
Spin Orbit Coupling ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Band Formation ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Moriya Interaction

AbstractDzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) is considered as one of the most important energies for specific chiral textures such as magnetic skyrmions. The keys of generating DMI are the absence of structural inversion symmetry and exchange energy with spin–orbit coupling. Therefore, a vast majority of research activities about DMI are mainly limited to heavy metal/ferromagnet bilayer systems, only focusing on their interfaces. Here, we report an asymmetric band formation in a superlattices (SL) which arises from inversion symmetry breaking in stacking order of atomic layers, implying the role of bulk-like contribution. Such bulk DMI is more than 300% larger than simple sum of interfacial contribution. Moreover, the asymmetric band is largely affected by strong spin–orbit coupling, showing crucial role of a heavy metal even in the non-interfacial origin of DMI. Our work provides more degrees of freedom to design chiral magnets for spintronics applications.

scholarly journals Giant Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in Rashba superlattices

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woo-Seung Ham ◽  
Abdul-Muizz Pradipto ◽  
Kay Yakushiji ◽  
Kwangsu Kim ◽  
Sonny Rhim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Material Design ◽  
Orbit Coupling ◽  
Inversion Symmetry ◽  
Spin Orbit Coupling ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Band Formation ◽  
Stacking Order ◽  
Magnetic Skyrmions ◽  
Moriya Interaction

Abstract Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is considered as one of the most important energy for specific chiral texture such as magnetic skyrmions. The key of generating DMI is absence of structural inversion symmetry and exchange energy with spin-orbit coupling. Therefore, a vast majority of researches about DMI is mainly limited to heavy metal/ferromagnet bilayer systems, only focusing on their interfaces. Here, we report that asymmetric band formation in an artificial superlattice arises from inversion symmetry breaking in stacking order of atomic layers, resulting in bulk DMI. Such bulk DMI is more than 300% larger than simple sum of interfacial contribution. Moreover, the asymmetric band is largely affected by strong spin-orbit coupling, showing crucial role of a heavy metal even in the non-interfacial origin of DMI. Such Rashba superlattices can be a new class of material design for spintronics applications.

scholarly journals Spin–Orbit Effects in CoFeB/MgO Heterostructures with Heavy Metal Underlayers

SPIN ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 1640002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Torrejon ◽  
Junyeon Kim ◽  
Jaivardhan Sinha ◽  
Masamitsu Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Transition Metals ◽  
Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
Metal Layer ◽  
Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
Orbit Coupling ◽  
Spin Orbit Coupling ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Moriya Interaction ◽  
Strong Spin

We study effects originating from the strong spin–orbit coupling in CoFeB/MgO heterostructures with heavy metal (HM) underlayers. The perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at the CoFeB/MgO interface, the spin Hall angle of the heavy metal layer, current induced torques and the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction at the HM/CoFeB interfaces are studied for films in which the early 5[Formula: see text] transition metals are used as the HM underlayer. We show how the choice of the HM layer influences these intricate spin–orbit effects that emerge within the bulk and at interfaces of the heterostructures.

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