Current control of magnetic anisotropy via stress in a ferromagnetic metal waveguide

An, Kyongmo; Ma, Xin; Pai, Chi-Feng; Yang, Jusang; Olsson, Kevin S.; Erskine, James L.; Ralph, Daniel C.; Buhrman, Robert A.; Li, Xiaoqin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.140404

Title: Current control of magnetic anisotropy via stress in a ferromagnetic metal waveguide

Journal Article · Mon Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.140404· OSTI ID:1388929

An, Kyongmo ^[1]; Ma, Xin ^[1]; Pai, Chi-Feng ^[2]; Yang, Jusang ^[1]; Olsson, Kevin S. ^[1]; Erskine, James L. ^[1]; Ralph, Daniel C. ^[2]; Buhrman, Robert A. ^[2]; Li, Xiaoqin ^[1]

Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

In this work, we demonstrate that in-plane charge current can effectively control the spin precession resonance in an Al₂O₃/CoFeB/Ta heterostructure. Brillouin light scattering was used to detect the ferromagnetic resonance field under microwave excitation of spin waves at fixed frequencies. The current control of spin precession resonance originates from modification of the in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy field $$H_k$$, which changes symmetrically with respect to the current direction. Numerical simulation suggests that the anisotropic stress introduced by joule heating plays an important role in controlling $$H_k$$. These results provide new insight into current manipulation of magnetic properties and have broad implications for spintronic devices.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

View Accepted Manuscript (Publisher)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012670; DMR-1206404; DMR-1120296

OSTI ID:: 1388929

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1246766

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 14; Related Information: SHINES partners with University of California, Riverside (lead); Arizona State University; Colorado State University; Johns Hopkins University; University of California Irvine; University of California Los Angeles; University of Texas at Austin; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 5 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (29)

Giant tunnelling magnetoresistance at room temperature with MgO (100) tunnel barriers Parkin, Stuart S. P.; Kaiser, Christian; Panchula, Alex Nature Materials, Vol. 3, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1256	journal	October 2004
Current-induced magnetization reversal in nanopillars with perpendicular anisotropy Mangin, S.; Ravelosona, D.; Katine, J. A. Nature Materials, Vol. 5, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1595	journal	February 2006
Spin-Torque Switching with the Giant Spin Hall Effect of Tantalum Liu, L.; Pai, C. -F.; Li, Y. Science, Vol. 336, Issue 6081 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1218197	journal	May 2012
The emergence of spin electronics in data storage Chappert, Claude; Fert, Albert; Van Dau, Frédéric Nguyen Nature Materials, Vol. 6, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2024	journal	November 2007
Thermally Assisted Magnetization Reversal in Submicron-Sized Magnetic Thin Films Koch, R. H.; Grinstein, G.; Keefe, G. A. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 84, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5419	journal	June 2000
Current induced torques and interfacial spin-orbit coupling: Semiclassical modeling Haney, Paul M.; Lee, Hyun-Woo; Lee, Kyung-Jin Physical Review B, Vol. 87, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.174411	journal	May 2013
Giant room-temperature magnetoresistance in single-crystal Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions Yuasa, Shinji; Nagahama, Taro; Fukushima, Akio Nature Materials, Vol. 3, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1257	journal	October 2004
Magnetization switching through giant spin–orbit torque in a magnetically doped topological insulator heterostructure Fan, Yabin; Upadhyaya, Pramey; Kou, Xufeng Nature Materials, Vol. 13, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3973	journal	April 2014
Control of propagating spin waves via spin transfer torque in a metallic bilayer waveguide An, Kyongmo; Birt, Daniel R.; Pai, Chi-Feng Physical Review B, Vol. 89, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.140405	journal	April 2014
Ferromagnetic Resonance in Nickel Ferrite Between One and Two Kilomegacycles Suhl, H. Physical Review, Vol. 97, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.97.555.2	journal	January 1955
Giant magnetoresistance in spin-valve multilayers Dieny, B. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Vol. 136, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-8853(94)00356-4	journal	September 1994
A perpendicular-anisotropy CoFeB–MgO magnetic tunnel junction Ikeda, S.; Miura, K.; Yamamoto, H. Nature Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2804	journal	July 2010
Magnetic Anisotropy Modulation in Ta/ CoFeB/ MgO Structure by Electric Fields Kanai, S.; Endo, M.; Ikeda, S. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 266 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/266/1/012092	journal	January 2011
Stable magnetization states under a spin-polarized current and a magnetic field Morise, Hirofumi; Nakamura, Shiho Physical Review B, Vol. 71, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.014439	journal	January 2005
Magnetostatic modes of a ferromagnet slab Damon, R. W.; Eshbach, J. R. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Vol. 19, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3697(61)90041-5	journal	May 1961
Strain-induced modulation of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Ta/CoFeB/MgO structures investigated by ferromagnetic resonance Yu, Guoqiang; Wang, Zhenxing; Abolfath-Beygi, Maryam Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4907677	journal	February 2015
Tunnel magnetoresistance of 604% at 300K by suppression of Ta diffusion in CoFeB∕MgO∕CoFeB pseudo-spin-valves annealed at high temperature Ikeda, S.; Hayakawa, J.; Ashizawa, Y. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2976435	journal	August 2008
Perpendicular switching of a single ferromagnetic layer induced by in-plane current injection Miron, Ioan Mihai; Garello, Kevin; Gaudin, Gilles Nature, Vol. 476, Issue 7359 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10309	journal	August 2011
Ferromagnetic resonance of ultrathin metallic layers Farle, Michael Reports on Progress in Physics, Vol. 61, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/61/7/001	journal	July 1998
Magneto-mechanical coupling effect in amorphous Co ₄₀ Fe ₄₀ B ₂₀ films grown on flexible substrates Tang, Zhenhua; Wang, Baomin; Yang, Huali Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4895628	journal	September 2014
Current-driven spin torque induced by the Rashba effect in a ferromagnetic metal layer Mihai Miron, Ioan; Gaudin, Gilles; Auffret, Stéphane Nature Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2613	journal	January 2010
Spin-Torque Ferromagnetic Resonance Induced by the Spin Hall Effect Liu, Luqiao; Moriyama, Takahiro; Ralph, D. C. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 106, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.036601	journal	January 2011
Thermally Activated Magnetic Reversal Induced by a Spin-Polarized Current Myers, E. B.; Albert, F. J.; Sankey, J. C. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 89, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.196801	journal	October 2002
Spin-transfer torque generated by a topological insulator Mellnik, A. R.; Lee, J. S.; Richardella, A. Nature, Vol. 511, Issue 7510 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13534	journal	July 2014
Current-driven excitation of magnetic multilayers Slonczewski, J. C. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Vol. 159, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-8853(96)00062-5	journal	June 1996
Interface Induced Uniaxial Magnetic Anisotropy in Amorphous CoFeB Films on AlGaAs(001) Hindmarch, A. T.; Kinane, C. J.; MacKenzie, M. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 100, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.117201	journal	March 2008
Tuning the magnetic anisotropy of CoFeB grown on flexible substrates Zhang, Hao; Li, Yuan-Yuan; Yang, Mei-Yin Chinese Physics B, Vol. 24, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/24/7/077501	journal	June 2015
Control of magnetism by electric fields Matsukura, Fumihiro; Tokura, Yoshinori; Ohno, Hideo Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 10, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.22	journal	March 2015
Switching of perpendicular magnetization by spin–orbit torques in the absence of external magnetic fields Yu, Guoqiang; Upadhyaya, Pramey; Fan, Yabin Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 9, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.94	journal	May 2014

Similar Records

Spin-orbit torque from a ferromagnetic metal

Journal Article · Mon May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review B · OSTI ID:1388929

Wu, Hao; Razavi, Seyed Armin; Shao, Qiming; +5 more

Switching a Perpendicular Ferromagnetic Layer by Competing Spin Currents

Journal Article · Fri Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review Letters · OSTI ID:1388929

Ma, Qinli; Li, Yufan; Gopman, D. B.; +3 more

Study of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, spin–orbit torque, and Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction in the heavy metal/CoFeB bilayers with Ir₂₂ Mn₇₈ insertion

Journal Article · Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Applied Physics Letters · OSTI ID:1388929

He, Congli; Razavi, Seyed Armin; Yu, Guoqiang; +11 more

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
phonons
thermal conductivity
thermoelectric
spin dynamics
spintronics

Title: Current control of magnetic anisotropy via stress in a ferromagnetic metal waveguide

Citation Formats

References (29)

Similar Records

Related Subjects