TY - JOUR
T1 - Spin-momentum locking and spin-orbit torques in magnetic nano-heterojunctions composed of Weyl semimetal WTe2
AU - Li, Peng
AU - Wu, Weikang
AU - Wen, Yan
AU - Zhang, Chenhui
AU - Zhang, Junwei
AU - Zhang, Senfu
AU - Yu, Zhiming
AU - Yang, Shengyuan A.
AU - Manchon, Aurelien
AU - Zhang, Xixiang
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): CRF-2015-SENSORS-2709
Acknowledgements: We would like to thank Prof. Zhixun Shen and Prof. Arun Bansil for their useful discussions. We thank Y.L. Zhao, J.L. Zhang, and Q. Zhang for the useful discussions and some experimental support. The work reported was funded by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under the Award Nos. CRF-2015-SENSORS-2709 (KAUST) and CRF-2015-2626-RG4.
PY - 2018/9/28
Y1 - 2018/9/28
N2 - Spin–orbit torque has recently been intensively investigated for the purposes of manipulating the magnetization in magnetic nano-devices and understanding fundamental physics. Therefore, the search for novel materials or material combinations that exhibit a strong enough spin-torque effect has become one of the top priorities in this field of spintronics. Weyl semimetal, a new topological material that features open Fermi arc with strong spin–orbit coupling and spin–momentum locking effect, is naturally expected to exhibit an enhanced spin-torque effect in magnetic nano-devices. Here we observe a significantly enhanced spin conductivity, which is associated with the field-like torque at low temperatures. The enhancement is obtained in the b-axis WTe2/Py bilayers of nano-devices but not observed in the a-axis of WTe2/Py nano-devices, which can be ascribed to the enhanced spin accumulation by the spin–momentum locking effect of the Fermi arcs of the Weyl semimetal WTe2.
AB - Spin–orbit torque has recently been intensively investigated for the purposes of manipulating the magnetization in magnetic nano-devices and understanding fundamental physics. Therefore, the search for novel materials or material combinations that exhibit a strong enough spin-torque effect has become one of the top priorities in this field of spintronics. Weyl semimetal, a new topological material that features open Fermi arc with strong spin–orbit coupling and spin–momentum locking effect, is naturally expected to exhibit an enhanced spin-torque effect in magnetic nano-devices. Here we observe a significantly enhanced spin conductivity, which is associated with the field-like torque at low temperatures. The enhancement is obtained in the b-axis WTe2/Py bilayers of nano-devices but not observed in the a-axis of WTe2/Py nano-devices, which can be ascribed to the enhanced spin accumulation by the spin–momentum locking effect of the Fermi arcs of the Weyl semimetal WTe2.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/628855
UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06518-1
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054059935&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-018-06518-1
DO - 10.1038/s41467-018-06518-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 30266960
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 9
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 1
ER -