Spin–Orbit Torque-Assisted Detection of the Canted Magnetization Phase in a CoTb-Based Ferrimagnet
Ferrimagnets have the potential to play a key role in spintronics due to their high stability, low energy consumption, and rapid magnetic state switching. These characteristics are typically observed in ferrimagnetic materials near magnetic or angular compensation states. Near the magnetic compensation point, an external field can disrupt the collinearity between the sublattices, leading to aligned magnetic projections. In this work, a violation of antiferromagnetic ordering is detected by a change in the direction of the effective field induced by spin–orbit torque, without altering the dominance type. In the studied W/Co70Tb30/Ru structure, the canted phase region is observed near room temperature under external fields of approximately 0.1 T. Using macrospin simulations and analytical derivations, a correlation is established between anisotropy, interlattice exchange interaction, and the presence of the canted phase region.
Authors
- Maxim E. Stebliy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6988-3196)
- Mikhail Letushev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9861-0525)
- A. V. Davydenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2697-8563)
- Alexander S. Samardak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5917-4361)
- Teruo Ono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9629-0633)
- Michail A. Bazrov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4092-135X)
- A. G. Kozlov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8774-0631)
- Valerii A. Antonov
- Alexey V. Ognev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1619-3666)
- Zhimba Zh. Namsaraev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1064-7948)
- Ekaterina Steblii
Institutions
- Sakhalin State University (RU)
- Far Eastern Federal University (RU)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Spintronics Research Network of Japan (JP)
- Advanced Materials and Technologies (Slovenia) (SI)
- Kyoto University Institute for Chemical Research
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Applied Electronic Materials
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.4c02000
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.49