Interfacial current-induced torques in Pt/Co/GdOx

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Emori, Satoru; Bono, David C.; Beach, Geoffrey Stephen
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Abstract
Current-driven domain wall (DW) motion is investigated in Pt/Co/GdOx nanostrips with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Measurements of the propagation field and the energy barrier for thermally activated DW motion reveal a large current-induced torque equivalent to an out-of-plane magnetic field of ∼60 Oe per 10[superscript 11] A/m[superscript 2]. This same field-to-current scaling is shown to hold in both the slow thermally activated and fast near-flow regimes of DW motion. The current-induced torque decreases with 4 Å of Pt decorating the Co/GdOx interface and vanishes entirely with Pt replacing GdOx, suggesting that the Co/GdOx interface contributes directly to highly efficient current-driven DW motion.
Date issued
2012-07
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79405
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Journal
Applied Physics Letters
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American Institute of Physics
Citation
Emori, Satoru, David C. Bono, and Geoffrey S. D. Beach. Interfacial Current-induced Torques in Pt/Co/GdOx. Applied Physics Letters 101, no. 4 (2012): 042405. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.
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00036951
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