Electrical control of magnetism by electric field and current-induced torques

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11724v1
• Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:42:44 GMT
• Title: Electrical control of magnetism by electric field and current-induced torques
• Authors: Albert Fert, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Vincent Garcia, F\`elix Casanova and Manuel Bibes
• Abstract summary: Key insights in condensed matter physics suggested the possibility to do it electrically. In the 1990s, Slonczewzki and Berger formulated the concept of current-induced spin torques in magnetic multilayers. More recent research unveiled spin-orbit-torques (SOTs) and will lead to a new generation of devices including SOT-MRAMs.
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• Abstract: While early magnetic memory designs relied on magnetization switching by locally generated magnetic fields, key insights in condensed matter physics later suggested the possibility to do it electrically. In the 1990s, Slonczewzki and Berger formulated the concept of current-induced spin torques in magnetic multilayers through which a spin-polarized current may switch the magnetization of a ferromagnet. This discovery drove the development of spin-transfer-torque magnetic random-access memories (STT-MRAMs). More recent research unveiled spin-orbit-torques (SOTs) and will lead to a new generation of devices including SOT-MRAMs. Parallel to these advances, multiferroics and their magnetoelectric coupling experienced a renaissance, leading to novel device concepts for information and communication technology such as the MESO transistor. The story of the electrical control of magnetization is that of a dance between fundamental research (in spintronics, condensed matter physics, and materials science) and technology (MRAMs, MESO, microwave emitters, spin-diodes, skyrmion-based devices, components for neuromorphics, etc). This pas de deux led to major breakthroughs over the last decades (pure spin currents, magnetic skyrmions, spin-charge interconversion, etc). As a result, this field has propelled MRAMs into consumer electronics products but also fueled discoveries in adjacent research areas such as ferroelectrics or magnonics. Here, we cover recent advances in the control of magnetism by electric fields and by current-induced torques. We first review fundamental concepts in these two directions, then discuss their combination, and finally present various families of devices harnessing the electrical control of magnetic properties for various application fields. We conclude by giving perspectives in terms of both emerging fundamental physics concepts and new directions in materials science.

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