Impact of the interplay of piezoelectric strain and current-induced heating on the field-like spin-orbit torque in perpendicularly magnetized Ta/Co20Fe60B20/Ta/MgO film
Filianina M, Wang Z, Baldrati L, Lee K, Vafaee M, Jakob G, Klaeui M (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2021
Journal
Book Volume: 118
Article Number: 032401
Journal Issue: 3
DOI: 10.1063/5.0035869
Abstract
Spin-orbit torques (SOTs) are known to be the most efficient way to manipulate the magnetization direction by electrical currents. While, conventionally, one symmetry component of the SOTs, namely, the damping-like torque, was considered to play a primary role, recently, the significance of the other component, the field-like torque, has been revised, owing to the non-trivial dynamics it can induce in heavy metal/ferromagnet multilayers. In this work, we first discuss the unusual behavior of the field-like SOT in a Ta/CoFeB/Ta/MgO multilayer system with a reduced magnetic anisotropy and demonstrate an energy-efficient approach to manipulate the magnitude of the SOT effective fields. Finally, our results show a possibility to engineer the anisotropy of the field-like SOTs by piezoelectric strain, which can be potentially attractive for application in spintronics.
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APA:
Filianina, M., Wang, Z., Baldrati, L., Lee, K., Vafaee, M., Jakob, G., & Klaeui, M. (2021). Impact of the interplay of piezoelectric strain and current-induced heating on the field-like spin-orbit torque in perpendicularly magnetized Ta/Co20Fe60B20/Ta/MgO film. Applied Physics Letters, 118(3). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0035869
MLA:
Filianina, Mariia, et al. "Impact of the interplay of piezoelectric strain and current-induced heating on the field-like spin-orbit torque in perpendicularly magnetized Ta/Co20Fe60B20/Ta/MgO film." Applied Physics Letters 118.3 (2021).
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