Magnetization switching through spin-Hall-effect-induced chiral domain wall propagation

Guoqiang Yu; Pramey Upadhyaya; Kin L. Wong; Wanjun Jiang; Juan G. Alzate; Jianshi Tang; Pedram Khalili Amiri; Kang L. Wang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.89.104421

Magnetization switching through spin-Hall-effect-induced chiral domain wall propagation

Guoqiang Yu^*, Pramey Upadhyaya, Kin L. Wong, Wanjun Jiang, Juan G. Alzate, Jianshi Tang, Pedram Khalili Amiri, Kang L. Wang

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The influence of spin-Hall-effect spin torque (SHE-ST) induced by in-plane charge current was studied in microscale Ta/Co20Fe60B20/TaOx films with perpendicular magnetization. Simultaneous electrical transport and polar magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) imaging experiments were used to investigate the switching dynamics. A rich set of switching behaviors was observed, which can be well understood by analyzing a switching-phase diagram and polar MOKE images, considering the competition between SHE-ST and the externally applied magnetic field. Furthermore, we found that domain walls with a particular chirality were dominant in our devices, which suggests the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in the present material system.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	104421
Journal	Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	89
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.104421
State	Published - Mar 25 2014

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Magnetization switching through spin-Hall-effect-induced chiral domain wall propagation. / Yu, Guoqiang; Upadhyaya, Pramey; Wong, Kin L.; Jiang, Wanjun; Alzate, Juan G.; Tang, Jianshi; Amiri, Pedram Khalili; Wang, Kang L.

In: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 89, No. 10, 104421, 25.03.2014.

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