Spin-Orbit Torque in Bilayers of Kagome Ferromagnet Fe<sub>3</sub>Sn<sub>2</sub>and Pt
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Abstract
Spin-orbit torque phenomena enable efficient manipulation of the magnetization in ferromagnet/heavy metal bilayer systems for prospective magnetic memory and logic applications. Kagome magnets are of particular interest for spin-orbit torque due to the interplay of magnetic order and the nontrivial band topology (e.g., flat bands and Dirac and Weyl points). Here we demonstrate spin-orbit torque and quantify its efficiency in a bilayer system of topological kagome ferromagnet Fe3Sn2 and platinum. We use two different techniques, one based on the quasistatic magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE) and another based on time-resolved MOKE, to quantify spin-orbit torque. Both techniques give a consistent value of the effective spin Hall angle of the Fe3Sn2/Pt system. Our work may lead to further advances in spintronics based on topological kagome magnets.
*DARPA Grant No. D18AP00008, NSF-MRSEC Grant No. DMR-2011876.
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Publication: I. Lyalin, S. Cheng, R. K. Kawakami, Nano Letters 21, 6975–6982 (2021).
Presenters
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Igor Lyalin
- The Ohio State University
- Ohio State University