Title
Field-free current-induced magnetization switching in GdFeCo: A competition between spin-orbit torques and Oersted fields
Date Issued
28 August 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Bello J.L.
Quessab Y.
Xu J.W.
Vergès M.
Damas H.
Petit-Watelot S.
Hehn M.
Kent A.D.
Mangin S.
Universidad de Lorraine
Publisher(s)
American Institute of Physics Inc.
Abstract
Switching of perpendicular magnetization via spin-orbit torque (SOT) is of particular interest in the development of non-volatile magnetic random access memory (MRAM) devices. We studied current-induced magnetization switching of Ir/GdFeCo/Cu/Pt heterostructures in a Hall cross geometry as a function of the in-plane applied magnetic field. Remarkably, magnetization switching is observed at zero applied field. This is shown to result from the competition between SOT, the Oersted field generated by the charge current, and the material's coercivity. Our results show a means of achieving zero-field switching that can impact the design of future spintronics devices, such as SOT-MRAM.
Volume
132
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería mecánica
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85137108094
Source
Journal of Applied Physics
ISSN of the container
00218979
Source funding
Association Instituts Carnot
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported partly by the French PIA project “Lorraine Université d’Excellence,” Reference No. ANR-15-IDEX-04-LUE, by the “SONOMA” and “CapMat” projects co-funded by “FEDER-FSE Lorraine et Massif Vosges 2014-2020,” a European Union Program, and by the Grand Est region and by the Institut Carnot “ICEEL”. M.V. is supported by a Cifre PhD grant from Vinci Technologies. The research conducted at NYU was supported under Grant No. NSF-DMR-2105114.
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