2019年第66回応用物理学会春季学術講演会

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[9p-PB1-1~80] 10 スピントロニクス・マグネティクス(ポスター講演)

2019年3月9日(土) 13:30 〜 15:30 PB1 (武道場)

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[9p-PB1-56] Enhancement of spin-orbit torque in W/CoFeB/MgO by controlling W resistivity

Kaito Furuya1、Yutaro Takeuchi1、Yu Takahashi1、Chaoliang Zhang1,2,3,4、Buturin Jinnai3、Syunsuke Fukami1,3,4,5,6,7、Hideo Ohno1,3,4,5,6,7 (1.RIEC, Tohoku Univ.、2.FRIS、3.CSIS、4.CIES、5.CSRN、6.CSIS (CRN)、7.WPI-AIMR)

キーワード:spintronics, spin Hal angle, tungsten

Spin-orbit torques (SOT) allows an electrical control of a magnetization orientation in magnetic heterostructures. SOT has two components with different symmetries: the Slonczewski-like (SL) and field-like (FL) torques, whose magnitudes are characterized as spin-orbit torque efficiency parameters (ξSL, ξFL), where ξSL is equivalent to the effective spin Hall angle. To achieve the efficient control of the magnetization orientation, a material system that exhibits large ξSL is desirable. W is a promising material exhibiting large ξSL and a recent study showed a variation of ξSL by a factor of 2-3 with W resistivity ρW in the range of 100-240 μΩcm. Here we study the SOT of the W/CoFeB/MgO heterostructures by controlling ρW over a wide range (180-730 μΩcm) and discuss the mechanism for SOT generation in the heterostructures.