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Van der Waals spin-orbit torque antiferromagnetic memory | |
Zhang, Lishu1; Yuan, Zhengping2; Yang, Jie3; Zhou, Jun4; Jiang, Yanyan5; Li, Hui5; Cai, Yongqing6; Tsymbal, Evgeny Y.7; Feng, Yuan Ping1,8; Zhu, Zhifeng2; Shen, Lei9 | |
2024-12-20 | |
Source Publication | Physical Review B |
ISSN | 2469-9950 |
Volume | 110Issue:22Pages:L220409 |
Other Abstract | The technique of conventional ferromagnet/heavy-metal spin-orbit torque (SOT) offers significant potential for enhancing the efficiency of magnetic memories. However, it faces fundamental physical limitations, including shunting effects from the metallic layer, broken symmetry for enabling antidamping switching, spin scattering caused by interfacial defects, and sensitivity to stray magnetic fields. To address these issues, we here propose a van der Waals (vdW) field-free SOT antiferromagnetic memory using a vdW bilayer LaBr2 (an antiferromagnet with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy) and a monolayer Td phase WTe2 (a Weyl semimetal with broken inversion symmetry). By systematically employing density functional theory in conjunction with nonequilibrium Green’s function methods and macrospin simulations, we demonstrate that the proposed vdW SOT devices exhibit remarkably low critical current density approximately 10 MA/cm2 and rapid field-free magnetization switching in 250 ps. This facilitates excellent write performance with extremely low energy consumption. Furthermore, the device shows a significantly low read error rate, as evidenced by a high tunnel magnetoresistance ratio of up to 4250%. The superior write and read performance originates from the unique strong on-site (insulating phase) and off-site (magnetic phase) Coulomb interactions in electride LaBr2, a large nonzero z-component polarization in WTe2, and the proximity effect between them. |
DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L220409 |
URL | View the original |
Indexed By | SCIE |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Materials Science ; Physics |
WOS Subject | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Physics, Applied ; Physics, Condensed Matter |
WOS ID | WOS:001389463600001 |
Publisher | AMER PHYSICAL SOCONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85213731379 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING |
Corresponding Author | Feng, Yuan Ping; Zhu, Zhifeng; Shen, Lei |
Affiliation | 1.Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117542, Singapore 2.School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China 3.Key Laboratory of Material Physics, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China 4.Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis #08-03, 138634, Singapore 5.Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China 6.Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR, China 7.Department of Physics and Astronomy & Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0299, USA 8.Center for Advanced 2D Materials, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117546, Singapore 9.Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117542, Singapore |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Lishu,Yuan, Zhengping,Yang, Jie,et al. Van der Waals spin-orbit torque antiferromagnetic memory[J]. Physical Review B, 2024, 110(22), L220409. |
APA | Zhang, Lishu., Yuan, Zhengping., Yang, Jie., Zhou, Jun., Jiang, Yanyan., Li, Hui., Cai, Yongqing., Tsymbal, Evgeny Y.., Feng, Yuan Ping., Zhu, Zhifeng., & Shen, Lei (2024). Van der Waals spin-orbit torque antiferromagnetic memory. Physical Review B, 110(22), L220409. |
MLA | Zhang, Lishu,et al."Van der Waals spin-orbit torque antiferromagnetic memory".Physical Review B 110.22(2024):L220409. |
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