Large exchange bias enhancement and control of ferromagnetic energy landscape by solid-state hydrogen gating
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Hasan, M Usama; Kossak, Alexander E; Beach, Geoffrey SD
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Voltage control of exchange bias is desirable for spintronic device applications, however dynamic modulation of the unidirectional coupling energy in ferromagnet/antiferromagnet bilayers has not yet been achieved. Here we show that by solid-state hydrogen gating, perpendicular exchange bias can be enhanced by > 100% in a reversible and analog manner, in a simple Co/Co0.8Ni0.2O heterostructure at room temperature. We show that this phenomenon is an isothermal analog to conventional field-cooling and that sizable changes in average coupling energy can result from small changes in AFM grain rotatability. Using this method, we show that a bi-directionally stable ferromagnet can be made unidirectionally stable, with gate voltage alone. This work provides a means to dynamically reprogram exchange bias, with broad applicability in spintronics and neuromorphic computing, while simultaneously illuminating fundamental aspects of exchange bias in polycrystalline films.
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2023-12-21Journal
Nature Communications
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Hasan, M.U., Kossak, A.E. & Beach, G.S.D. Large exchange bias enhancement and control of ferromagnetic energy landscape by solid-state hydrogen gating. Nat Commun 14, 8510 (2023).
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