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Inductive detection of fieldlike and dampinglike ac inverse spin-orbit torques in ferromagnet/normal-metal bilayers

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Andy Berger, Eric R. Edwards, Hans T. Nembach, Justin M. Shaw, Alexy D. Karenowska, Mathias Weiler, Thomas J. Silva

Abstract

Phenomena that result from strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) at ferromagnet/normal metal (FM/NM) interfaces hold great promise for the development of efficient and scalable spintronic devices. SOC drives non-equilibrium spin-charge conversion, manifest as both current-driven spin torque [1,2] and spin precession-driven current [3-6]. SOC also underlies the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) [7,8]. While efficient spin-charge conversion and large DMI often coincide, e.g. Refs. [9,10], a causal connection between these two phenomena has not yet been experimentally established. It was recently proposed that inter-facial DMI generates a Rashba-Edelstein effect (REE) [11], whereby charge current exerts a field-like torque at the FM/NM interface. The theory predicts a simple quantitative relation between the DMI and the REE. By use of a powerful new microwave spectroscopy method to detect inverse spin-charge conversion processes in FM/NM bi-layers, we demonstrate that the magnitude of the REE is in good agreement with the theoretically predicted value based on the previously measured value of DMI in identical bilayers [12].
Citation
Nature Physics
Volume
97
Issue
11

Citation

Berger, A. , Edwards, E. , Nembach, H. , Shaw, J. , Karenowska, A. , Weiler, M. and Silva, T. (2018), Inductive detection of fieldlike and dampinglike ac inverse spin-orbit torques in ferromagnet/normal-metal bilayers, Nature Physics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.094407L (Accessed March 19, 2024)
Created March 15, 2018, Updated November 10, 2018