Anisotropic Current-Controlled Magnetization Reversal in the Ferromagnetic Semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As
arXiv:1303.1907 · doi:10.1063/1.4813085
Abstract
Electrical current manipulation of magnetization switching through spin-orbital coupling in ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As Hall bar devices has been investigated. The efficiency of the current-controlled magnetization switching is found to be sensitive to the orientation of the current with respect to the crystalline axes. The dependence of the spin-orbit effective magnetic field on the direction and magnitude of the current is determined from the shifts in the magnetization switching angle. We find that the strain induced effective magnetic field is about three times as large as the Rashba induced magnetic field in our GaMnAs devices.
arXiv comment11 pages,3 figures, submitted to Appl. Phys. Lett
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