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Title: High‐Efficiency Magnon‐Mediated Magnetization Switching in All‐Oxide Heterostructures with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy

Journal Article · · Advanced Materials
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  1. Physical Science and Engineering Division King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal 23955‐6900 Saudi Arabia
  2. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Processing Technology Institute of Advanced Materials Physics School of Science Tianjin University Tianjin 300350 China
  3. Department of Physics University of California at Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
  4. Physics Department Georgetown University Washington DC 20057 USA
  5. Aix‐Marseille Université CNRS CINaM Marseille France
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Abstract The search for efficient approaches to realize local switching of magnetic moments in spintronic devices has attracted extensive attention. One of the most promising approaches is the electrical manipulation of magnetization through electron‐mediated spin torque. However, the Joule heat generated via electron motion unavoidably causes substantial energy dissipation and potential damage to spintronic devices. Here, all‐oxide heterostructures of SrRuO 3 /NiO/SrIrO 3 are epitaxially grown on SrTiO 3 single‐crystal substrates following the order of the ferromagnetic transition metal oxide SrRuO 3 with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, insulating and antiferromagnetic NiO, and metallic transition metal oxide SrIrO 3 with strong spin–orbit coupling. It is demonstrated that instead of the electron spin torques, the magnon torques present in the antiferromagnetic NiO layer can directly manipulate the perpendicular magnetization of the ferromagnetic layer. This magnon mechanism may significantly reduce the electron motion‐related energy dissipation from electron‐mediated spin currents. Interestingly, the threshold current density to generate a sufficient magnon current to manipulate the magnetization is one order of magnitude smaller than that in conventional metallic systems. These findings suggest a route for developing highly efficient all‐oxide spintronic devices operated by magnon current.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1877449
Journal Information:
Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 34 Vol. 34; ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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