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most citedOn the origin of field-like spin-orbit torques in heavy metal-ferromagnet-oxide thin film heterostructures

126 citations · 534 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Tuning nanosecond switching of spin-orbit torque driven magnetic tunnel junctions

Shengjie Shi, R. A. Buhrman

Since the discovery of the spin orbit torque (SOT) induced by spin Hall effect in heavy metals, much effort has been devoted to understanding the mechanism of the charge-to-spin co…

physics.app-ph2019★ 57 cited

Energy-efficient ultrafast SOT-MRAMs based on low-resistivity spin Hall metal Au0.25Pt0.75

Lijun Zhu, Lujun Zhu, Shengjie Shi +2

Many key electronic technologies (e.g., large-scale computing, machine learning, and superconducting electronics) require new memories that are fast, reliable, energy-efficient, an…

physics.app-ph2019★ 5 cited

Nanosecond Reversal of Three-Terminal Spin Hall Effect Memories Sustained at Cryogenic Temperatures

Graham E. Rowlands, Minh-Hai Nguyen, Sriharsha V. Aradhya +4

We characterize the nanosecond pulse switching performance of the three-terminal magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), driven by the spin Hall effect (SHE) in the channel, at a cryogen…

physics.app-ph2019

Cryogenic Memory Architecture Integrating Spin Hall Effect based Magnetic Memory and Superconductive Cryotron Devices

Minh-Hai Nguyen, Guilhem J. Ribeill, Martin Gustafsson +19

One of the most challenging obstacles to realizing exascale computing is minimizing the energy consumption of L2 cache, main memory, and interconnects to that memory. For promising…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 83 cited

Enhancing spin-orbit torque by strong interfacial scattering from ultra-thin insertion layers

Lijun Zhu, Lujun Zhu, Shengjie Shi +3

Increasing dampinglike spin-orbit torque (SOT) is both of fundamental importance for enabling new research into spintronics phenomena and also technologically urgent for advancing…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 25 cited

Efficient Switching of 3-Terminal Magnetic Tunnel Junctions by the Giant Spin Hall Effect of Alloy

Minh-Hai Nguyen, Shengjie Shi, Graham E. Rowlands +4

Recent research has indicated that introducing impurities that increase the resistivity of Pt can enhance the efficiency of the spin Hall torque it generates. Here we directly demo…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 101 cited

Fast, low-current spin-orbit torque switching of magnetic tunnel junctions through atomic modifications of the free layer interfaces

Shengjie Shi, Yongxi Ou, S. V. Aradhya +2

Future applications of spin-orbit torque will require new mechanisms to improve the efficiency for switching nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), while also controlling the…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 30 cited

Nanosecond magnetization dynamics during spin Hall switching of in-plane magnetic tunnel junctions

Graham E. Rowlands, Sriharsha V. Aradhya, Shengjie Shi +4

We present a study of the magnetic dynamics associated with nanosecond scale magnetic switching driven by the spin Hall effect in 3-terminal nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions (3T…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 126 cited

On the origin of field-like spin-orbit torques in heavy metal-ferromagnet-oxide thin film heterostructures

Yongxi Ou, Chi-Feng Pai, Shengjie Shi +2

We report measurements of the thickness and temperature (T) dependencies of current-induced spin-orbit torques, especially the field-like (FL) component, in various heavy metal (HM…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 107 cited

Strong Spin Hall Effect in the Antiferromagnet PtMn

Yongxi Ou, Shengjie Shi, D. C. Ralph +1

Effectively manipulating magnetism in ferromagnet (FM) thin film nanostructures with an in-plane current has become feasible since the determination of a 'giant' spin Hall effect (…