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Novel Spin-Orbit Torque Generation at Room Temperature in an All-Oxide Epitaxial La0.7 Sr0.3 MnO3 /SrIrO3 System

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Author

Xiaoxi Huang
Shehrin Sayed
Joseph Mittelstaedt
Sandhya Susarla
Saba Karimeddiny
Lucas Caretta
Hongrui Zhang
Vladimir Stoica
Tanay Gosavi
Farzad Mahfouzi
Qilong Sun
Peter Ercius
Nicholas Kioussis
Sayeef Salahuddin
Daniel Ralph
Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Abstract

Spin–orbit torques (SOTs) that arise from materials with large spin–orbit coupling offer a new pathway for energy-efficient and fast magnetic information storage. SOTs in conventional heavy metals and topological insulators are explored extensively, while 5d transition metal oxides, which also host ions with strong spin–orbit coupling, are a relatively new territory in the field of spintronics. An all-oxide, SrTiO3 (STO)//La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO)/SrIrO3 (SIO) heterostructure with lattice-matched crystal structure is synthesized, exhibiting an epitaxial and atomically sharp interface between the ferromagnetic LSMO and the high spin–orbit-coupled metal SIO. Spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) is used to probe the effective magnetization and the SOT efficiency in LSMO/SIO heterostructures grown on STO substrates. Remarkably, epitaxial LSMO/SIO exhibits a large SOT efficiency, ξ|| = 1, while retaining a reasonably low shunting factor and increasing the effective magnetization of LSMO by ≈50%. The findings highlight the significance of epitaxy as a powerful tool to achieve a high SOT efficiency, explore the rich physics at the epitaxial interface, and open up a new pathway for designing next-generation energy-efficient spintronic devices. © 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH

Date Published

Journal

Wiley

Volume

33

Issue

24

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105179367&doi=10.1002%2fadma.202008269&partnerID=40&md5=290cfb9c3617b2608f7190a9e64ea5aa

DOI

10.1002/adma.202008269

Funding Source

DMR‐1828019
DE‐SC‐0012375
1 160 504
DE‐AC02‐05CH11231
DE‐SC0017671
DE-AC02-06CH11357
DE‐AC02‐06CH11357

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