Field-free perpendicular magnetization switching through domain wall motion in Pt/Co/Cr racetracks by spin orbit torques with the assistance of accompanying Joule heating effect
arXiv:1709.04315 · doi:10.1039/C7CP08352A
Abstract
Heavy metal/ferromagnetic layers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) have potential applications for high-density information storage in racetrack memories and nonvolatile magnetic random access memories. Writing and erasing of information in these devices are carried out by domain wall (DW) motion and deterministic magnetization switching via electric current generated spin orbital torques (SOTs) with an assistance of in-plane bias field to break the symmetry. Improvements in energy efficiency could be obtained when the switching of perpendicular magnetization is controlled by an electric current generated SOTs without the in-plane bias fields. Here, we report on reversible electric-current-driven magnetization switching through DW motion in Pt/Co/Cr trilayers with PMA at room temperature due to the formation of homochiral Neel-type domain, in which an in-plane effective Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction field exists. Fully deterministic magnetic magnetization switching in this trilayers is based on the enhancement of SOTs from a dedicated design of Pt/Co/Cr structures with two heavy metals Pt and Cr which show the opposite sign of spin Hall angles. We also demonstrated that the simultaneously accompanying Joule heating effect also plays a key role for field-free magnetization switching through the decrease of the propagation field.
arXiv comment6 figures, 16 pages
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