Symmetry and magnitude of spin-orbit torques in ferromagnetic heterostructures

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 587-593

  Garello, Kevin ^a   Miron, Ioan Mihai ^b   Avci, Can Onur ^a   Freimuth, Frank ^c   Mokrousov, Yuriy ^c   Blügel, Stefan ^c   Auffret, Stéphane ^b   Boulle, Olivier ^b   Gaudin, Gilles ^b   Gambardella, Pietro ^a,d,e  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

^b UMR 8191   (France)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; HEAVY METALS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; ORBITAL TRANSFER; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; TORQUE;

ANISOTROPIC FIELDS; ANNEALING TREATMENTS; CURRENT INJECTIONS; MAGNETIZATION DIRECTION; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; PLANAR HALL EFFECT; SPIN MOMENTUM TRANSFER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VECTORS;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; COBALT; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; HEAVY METAL; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; PLATINUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN ORBIT TORQUE; TORQUE;

EID: 84881370774     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.145     Document Type: Article

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