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ArticleNature communications2023

Field-free spin-orbit switching of perpendicular magnetization enabled by dislocation-induced in-plane symmetry breaking.

Yuhan Liang, Di Yi, Tianxiang Nan, Shengsheng Liu, Le Zhao, Yujun Zhang, Hetian Chen, Teng Xu, Minyi Dai, Jia-Mian Hu and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Yuhan Liang *School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Di Yi *School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7209-1947
Tianxiang Nan *School of Integrated Circuits and Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6804-2029
Shengsheng LiuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Le ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-6245
Yujun ZhangInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4892-1100
Hetian ChenSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Teng XuState Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Minyi DaiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Jia-Mian HuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7579-6440
Ben XuGraduate School, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1557-0052
Ji ShiSchool of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Wanjun JiangState Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. jiang_lab@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0918-3862
Rong YuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. ryu@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1687-3597
Yuan-Hua LinSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. linyh@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-6701

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 51788104National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 51831005National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52002204National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52002370National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52073158National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52161135103National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52271181National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92163113
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Abstract

Current induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) holds great promise for next generation magnetic-memory technology. Field-free SOT switching of perpendicular magnetization requires the breaking of in-plane symmetry, which can be artificially introduced by external magnetic field, exchange coupling or device asymmetry. Recently it has been shown that the exploitation of inherent crystal symmetry offers a simple and potentially efficient route towards field-free switching. However, applying this approach to the benchmark SOT materials such as ferromagnets and heavy metals is challenging. Here, we present a strategy to break the in-plane symmetry of Pt/Co heterostructures by designing the orientation of Burgers vectors of dislocations. We show that the lattice of Pt/Co is tilted by about 1.2° when the Burgers vector has an out-of-plane component. Consequently, a tilted magnetic easy axis is induced and can be tuned from nearly in-plane to out-of-plane, enabling the field-free SOT switching of perpendicular magnetization components at room temperature with a relatively low current density (~10

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