0000000000291806
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Zengyao Ren
Tailoring large magnetoresistance in Dirac semimetal SrIrO3 films
Perovskite SrIrO3 is a special Dirac material with fascinating effects due to its strong electron correlation and spin–orbit coupling. In this work, a large magnetoresistance (MR) was observed not only in epitaxial SrIrO3 films but also in a SrIrO3/PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 epitaxial heterostructure with a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the external electric field. The magnetoresistance of SrIrO3 (10 nm) and SrIrO3/PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 (10 nm/30 nm) reach values as large as 40% and 110% at 9 T and 5 K, respectively. We believe that the unusual magnetoresistance is from the Dirac/Weyl state. Especially, the SrIrO3/PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 bilayer shows negative magnetoresistance with strong oscillations close…
Identifying the origin of the nonmonotonic thickness dependence of spin-orbit torque and interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in a ferrimagnetic insulator heterostructure
Electrical manipulation of magnetism via spin-orbit torques (SOTs) promises efficient spintronic devices. In systems comprising magnetic insulators and heavy metals, SOTs have started to be investigated only recently, especially in systems with interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (iDMI). Here, we quantitatively study the SOT efficiency and iDMI in a series of gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) / thulium iron garnet (TmIG) / platinum (Pt) heterostructures with varying TmIG and Pt thicknesses. We find that the non-monotonic SOT efficiency as a function of the magnetic layer thickness is not consistent with the 1/thickness dependence expected from a simple interfacial SOT mechanism. Mor…
Magnetic Coupling in Y3Fe5O12/Gd3Fe5O12 Heterostructures
Ferrimagnetic ${\mathrm{Y}}_{3}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{5}{\mathrm{O}}_{12}$ (YIG) is the prototypical material for studying magnonic properties due to its exceptionally low damping. By substituting the yttrium with rare earth elements that have a net magnetic moment, we can introduce an additional spin degree of freedom. Here, we study the magnetic coupling in epitaxial ${\mathrm{Y}}_{3}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{5}{\mathrm{O}}_{12}$/${\mathrm{Gd}}_{3}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{5}{\mathrm{O}}_{12}$ (YIG/GIG) heterostructures grown by pulsed laser deposition. From bulk sensitive magnetometry and surface sensitive spin Seebeck effect and spin Hall magnetoresistance measurements, we determine the alignment of the heterostruct…
Harnessing Orbital-to-Spin Conversion of Interfacial Orbital Currents for Efficient Spin-Orbit Torques.
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