An antidamping spin-orbit torque originating from the Berry curvature

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 211-217

  Kurebayashi, H ^a,b   Sinova, Jairo ^c,d,e   Fang, D ^a   Irvine, A C ^a   Skinner, T D ^a   Wunderlich, J ^e,f   Novak V ^e   Campion, R P ^g   Gallagher, B L ^g   Vehstedt, E K ^d,e   Zarbo L P ^e   Vyborny K ^e   Ferguson, A J ^a   Jungwirth, T ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^f HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENTS; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; FRUITS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETIZATION; PARAMAGNETISM; TORQUE;

FERROMAGNETIC FILMS; FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTOR; FERROMAGNETIC-PARAMAGNETIC; INVERSION ASYMMETRY; INVERSION SYMMETRY; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; MATERIAL SYSTEMS;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

ARSENIC; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; GALLIUM; MANGANESE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BERRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FILM; MAGNETISM; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPIN HALL EFFECT; SPIN ORBIT TORQUE; TORQUE;

EID: 84895919749     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.15     Document Type: Article

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