Efficient conversion of orbital Hall current to spin current for spin-orbit torque switching
By Soogil Lee, Min-Gu Kang, D. Go, Dohyoung Kim, Junmo Kang, T. Lee, Geun-Hee Lee, Jaimin Kang, N. Lee, Y. Mokrousov and 4 more. Communications Physics, 2021
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Spin Hall effect, an electric generation of spin current, allows for efficient control of magnetization. Recent theory revealed that orbital Hall effect creates orbital current, which can be much larger than spin-Hall-induced spin current. However, orbital current cannot directly exert a torque on a ferromagnet, requiring a conversion process from orbital current to spin current. Here, we report two effective methods of the conversion through spin-orbit coupling engineering, which allows us to unambiguously demonstrate orbital-current-induced spin torque, or orbital Hall torque. We find that orbital Hall torque is greatly enhanced by introducing either a rare-earth ferromagnet Gd or a Pt interfacial layer with strong spin-orbit coupling in Cr/ferromagnet structures, indicating that the orbital current generated in Cr is efficiently converted into spin current in the Gd or Pt layer. Our results offer a pathway to utilize the orbital current to further enhance the magnetization switching efficiency in spin-orbit-torque-based spintronic devices. Manipulation of the magnetization is of major importance in spintronics. The authors demonstrate that an electric field triggers a transverse flow of orbital moment: the so-called orbital Hall effect. This enables the efficient magnetization control, holding the promise for fast and miniaturized memories and sensors.
Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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