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ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
卷 6, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201901368
关键词
MRAM; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; spin Hall effect; spin-orbit torque; spintronics
资金
- C-SPIN, one of six centers of STARnet, a Semiconductor Research Corporation program - MARCO
- C-SPIN, one of six centers of STARnet, a Semiconductor Research Corporation program - DARPA
- NSF through the NNIN program
- NSF
Spin Hall effect (SHE)-induced reversal of perpendicular magnetization has attracted significant interest, due to its potential for low-power memory and logic devices. However, the switching requires an assisted in-plane magnetic field, which hampers its practical applications. Here, a new approach for external-field-free spin Hall switching of a perpendicular nanomagnet is introduced. This approach utilizes a local dipolar field arising from an in-plane biasing layer to assist the switching. Robust switching of a 285 x 95 nm(2) perpendicular CoFeB nanomagnet is demonstrated in the absence of any external magnetic field. Micromagnetic simulation is performed to illustrate the magnetic dynamics of the switching process. Large in-plane compensation field of 135 Oe is obtained in the composite nanodevices, reflecting a strong symmetry-breaking behavior. Compared with other proposed methods for external-field-free spin Hall switching, the dipole-coupled composite structure is compatible with a wide range of spin Hall systems and perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions, paving a way towards practical spin-orbit torque-based memory and logic applications.
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