Current-driven spin torque induced by the Rashba effect in a ferromagnetic metal layer

Ioan Mihai Miron (1, 2) , Gilles Gaudin (1) , Stéphane Auffret (1) , Bernard Rodmacq (1) , A. Schuhl (1) , Jan Vogel (3) , Stefania Pizzini (3) , Pietro Gambardella (2)

1 SPINTEC - SPINtronique et TEchnologie des Composants
2 Centre d'Investigació en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
3 NEEL - MNM - Micro et NanoMagnétisme

Mots clés: Rashba; spin-orbit torque; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; magnetization reversal

Domaines: Autre [cond-mat.other]; Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

Ioan Mihai Miron, Gilles Gaudin, Stéphane Auffret, Bernard Rodmacq, A. Schuhl, et al.. Current-driven spin torque induced by the Rashba effect in a ferromagnetic metal layer. Nature Materials, 2010, 9, pp.230. ⟨10.1038/NMAT2613⟩. ⟨hal-00459160⟩