Chiral Symmetry Breaking for Deterministic Switching of Perpendicular Magnetization by Spin–Orbit Torque

Wu, Hao; Nance, John; Razavi, Seyed Armin; Lujan, David; Dai, Bingqian; Liu, Yuxiang; He, Haoran; Cui, Baoshan; Wu, Di; Wong, Kin; Sobotkiewich, Kemal; Li, Xiaoqin; Carman, Gregory P.; Wang, Kang L.

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03972

Chiral Symmetry Breaking for Deterministic Switching of Perpendicular Magnetization by Spin–Orbit Torque

Journal Article · Thu Dec 17 23:00:00 EST 2020 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03972· OSTI ID:1851728

^[1]; Nance, John ^[2]; Razavi, Seyed Armin ^[3]; Lujan, David ^[4]; Dai, Bingqian ^[3]; Liu, Yuxiang ^[3]; He, Haoran ^[3]; Cui, Baoshan ^[3]; Wu, Di ^[3]; Wong, Kin ^[3]; Sobotkiewich, Kemal ^[4]; Li, Xiaoqin ^[4]; Carman, Gregory P. ^[2]; ^[3]

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States; OSTI
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
Department of Physics, and Center for Complex Quantum Systems, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas 78712, United States

Not provided.

Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0012670

OSTI ID:: 1851728

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 21; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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