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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 PublicationPhysical Review B
ISSN2469-9950
Volume110Issue:22Pages:L220409
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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.

DOI10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L220409
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Indexed BySCIE
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaMaterials Science ; Physics
WOS SubjectMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Physics, Applied ; Physics, Condensed Matter
WOS IDWOS:001389463600001
PublisherAMER PHYSICAL SOCONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85213731379
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CollectionINSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Corresponding AuthorFeng, Yuan Ping; Zhu, Zhifeng; Shen, Lei
Affiliation1.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
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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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