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Interfacial and bulk spin Hall contributions to fieldlike spin-orbit torque generated by iridium

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Author

Sutapa Dutta
Arnab Bose
A. Tulapurkar
Robert Buhrman
D. Ralph

Abstract

We present measurements of spin-orbit torques generated by Ir as a function of film thickness in sputtered Ir/CoFeB and Ir/Co samples. We find that Ir provides a dampinglike component of spin-orbit torque with a maximum spin-torque conductivity σDLeff=(1.4±0.1)×105-2eω-1m-1 and a maximum spin-torque efficiency of ζDL=0.042±0.005, which is sufficient to drive switching in a 0.8 nm film of CoFeB with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. We also observe a surprisingly large fieldlike spin-orbit torque (FLT). Measurements as a function of Ir thickness indicate a substantial contribution to the FLT from an interface mechanism, so that in the ultrathin limit there is a nonzero FLT with a maximum torque conductivity σFLeff=-(5.0±0.5)×104-2eω-1m-1. When the Ir film thickness becomes comparable to or greater than its spin diffusion length, 1.6±0.3nm, there is also a smaller bulk contribution to the fieldlike torque. © 2021 American Physical Society.

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Journal

American Physical Society (APS)

Volume

103

Issue

18

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85107116023&doi=10.1103%2fPhysRevB.103.184416&partnerID=40&md5=1be39f5c5f28fea269afd4c67caf42cf

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.103.184416

Funding Source

1719875
DMR-1719875
NNCI-2025233

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