Spin-orbit torque in Cr/CoFeAl/MgO and Ru/CoFeAl/MgO epitaxial magnetic heterostructures

We study the spin-orbit torque (SOT) effective fields in Cr/CoFeAl/MgO and Ru/CoFeAl/MgO magnetic heterostructures using the adiabatic harmonic Hall measurement. High-quality perpendicular-magnetic-anisotropy CoFeAl layers were grown on Cr and Ru layers. The magnitudes of the SOT effective fields we...

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Main Authors: Zhenchao Wen, Junyeon Kim, Hiroaki Sukegawa, Masamitsu Hayashi, Seiji Mitani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2016-05-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4944339