Tailoring magnetic order via atomically stacking 3d/5d electrons to achieve high-performance spintronic devices

Huang, Ke; Wu, Liang; Wang, Maoyu; Swain, Nyayabanta; Motapothula, M.; Luo, Yongzheng; Han, Kun; Chen, Mingfeng; Ye, Chen; Yang, Allen Jian; Xu, Huan; Qi, Dong-chen; N'Diaye, Alpha T.; Panagopoulos, Christos; Primetzhofer, Daniel; Shen, Lei; Sengupta, Pinaki; Ma, Jing; Feng, Zhenxing; Nan, Ce-Wen; Renshaw Wang, X.

doi:10.1063/1.5124373

Title: Tailoring magnetic order via atomically stacking 3d/5d electrons to achieve high-performance spintronic devices

Journal Article · 02 January 2020 · Applied Physics Reviews

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5124373 · OSTI ID:1634076

Huang, Ke ^[1];

^[2]; Wang, Maoyu ^[3];

^[1]; Motapothula, M. ^[4];

^[5]; Han, Kun ^[1];

^[6]; Ye, Chen ^[1]; Yang, Allen Jian ^[1]; Xu, Huan ^[1];

^[7];

^[8]; Panagopoulos, Christos ^[1];

^[9];

^[5]; Sengupta, Pinaki ^[1];

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^[3]; Nan, Ce-Wen ^[6] more »

Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China); Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
Uppsala Univ. (Sweden); SRM Univ. AP, Amaravati (India)
National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Queensland Univ. of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (Australia); La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, VIC (Australia)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)
Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)

The ability to tune magnetic orders, such as magnetic anisotropy and topological spin texture, is desired to achieve high-performance spintronic devices. A recent strategy has been to employ interfacial engineering techniques, such as the introduction of spin-correlated interfacial coupling, to tailor magnetic orders and achieve novel magnetic properties. We chose a unique polar-nonpolar LaMnO₃/SrIrO₃ superlattice because Mn (3d)/Ir (5d) oxides exhibit rich magnetic behaviors and strong spin-orbit coupling through the entanglement of their 3d and 5d electrons. Through magnetization and magnetotransport measurements, we found that the magnetic order is interface-dominated as the superlattice period is decreased. We were able to then effectively modify the magnetization, tilt of the ferromagnetic easy axis, and symmetry transition of the anisotropic magnetoresistance of the LaMnO₃/SrIrO₃ superlattice by introducing additional Mn (3d) and Ir (5d) interfaces. Further investigations using in-depth first-principles calculations and numerical simulations revealed that these magnetic behaviors could be understood by the 3d/5d electron correlation and Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Finally, the results reported here demonstrate a new route to synchronously engineer magnetic properties through the atomic stacking of different electrons, which would contribute to future applications in high-capacity storage devices and advanced computing.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1634076

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Reviews, Journal Name: Applied Physics Reviews Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 7; ISSN 1931-9401

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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