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2017
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Mixed Weyl semimetals and low-dissipation magnetization control in insulators by spin–orbit torques
Mixed Weyl semimetals and low-dissipation magnetization control in insulators by spin–orbit torques
Reliable and energy-efficient magnetization switching by electrically induced spin–orbit torques is of crucial technological relevance for spintronic devices implementing memory and logic functionality. Here we predict that the strength of spin–orbit torques and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction...
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Personal Name(s): | Hanke, Jan-Philipp (Corresponding author) |
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Freimuth, Frank / Niu, Chengwang / Blügel, Stefan / Mokrousov, Yuriy | |
Contributing Institute: |
Quanten-Theorie der Materialien; IAS-1 JARA - HPC; JARA-HPC JARA-FIT; JARA-FIT Quanten-Theorie der Materialien; PGI-1 |
Published in: | Nature Communications, 8 (2017) 1, S. 1479 |
Imprint: |
London
Nature Publishing Group
2017
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PubMed ID: |
29133825 |
DOI: |
10.1038/s41467-017-01138-7 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Magnetic Anisotropy of Metallic Layered Systems and Nanostructures Topological transport in real materials from ab initio Controlling Configuration-Based Phenomena Controlling Spin-Based Phenomena |
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Publikationsportal JuSER |
Please use the identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01138-7 in citations.
Reliable and energy-efficient magnetization switching by electrically induced spin–orbit torques is of crucial technological relevance for spintronic devices implementing memory and logic functionality. Here we predict that the strength of spin–orbit torques and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in topologically nontrivial magnetic insulators can exceed by far that of conventional metals. In analogy to the quantum anomalous Hall effect, we explain this extraordinary response in the absence of longitudinal currents as hallmark of monopoles in the electronic structure of systems that are interpreted most naturally within the framework of mixed Weyl semimetals. We thereby launch the effect of spin–orbit torque into the field of topology and reveal its crucial role in mediating the topological phase transitions arising from the complex interplay between magnetization direction and momentum-space topology. The presented concepts may be exploited to understand and utilize magnetoelectric coupling phenomena in insulating ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. |