Spin-orbit torques in locally and globally non-centrosymmetric crystals: Antiferromagnets and ferromagnets. Železný, J., Gao, H., Manchon, A., Freimuth, F., Mokrousov, Y., Zemen, J., Mašek, J., Sinova, J., & Jungwirth, T. arXiv:1604.07590 [cond-mat], April, 2016. arXiv: 1604.07590
Spin-orbit torques in locally and globally non-centrosymmetric crystals: Antiferromagnets and ferromagnets [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
One of the main obstacles that prevents practical applications of antiferromagnets is the difficulty of manipulating the magnetic order parameter. Recently, following the theoretical prediction [J. \v\Z\elezn\'y et al., PRL 113, 157201 (2014)], the electrical switching of magnetic moments in an antiferromagnet has been demonstrated [P. Wadley et al., Science 351, 587 (2016)]. The switching is due to the so-called spin-orbit torque, which has been extensively studied in ferromagnets. In this phenomena a non-equilibrium spin-polarization exchange coupled to the ordered local moments is induced by current, hence exerting a torque on the order parameter. Here we give a general systematic analysis of the symmetry of the spin-orbit torque in locally and globally non-centrosymmetric crystals. We study when the symmetry allows for a nonzero torque, when is the torque effective, and its dependence on the applied current direction and orientation of magnetic moments. For comparison, we consider both antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic orders. In two representative model crystals we perform microscopic calculations of the spin-orbit torque to illustrate its symmetry properties and to highlight conditions under which the spin-orbit torque can be efficient for manipulating antiferromagnetic moments.
@article{zelezny_spin-orbit_2016,
	title = {Spin-orbit torques in locally and globally non-centrosymmetric crystals: {Antiferromagnets} and ferromagnets},
	shorttitle = {Spin-orbit torques in locally and globally non-centrosymmetric crystals},
	url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1604.07590},
	abstract = {One of the main obstacles that prevents practical applications of antiferromagnets is the difficulty of manipulating the magnetic order parameter. Recently, following the theoretical prediction [J. {\textbackslash}v\{Z\}elezn{\textbackslash}'y et al., PRL 113, 157201 (2014)], the electrical switching of magnetic moments in an antiferromagnet has been demonstrated [P. Wadley et al., Science 351, 587 (2016)]. The switching is due to the so-called spin-orbit torque, which has been extensively studied in ferromagnets. In this phenomena a non-equilibrium spin-polarization exchange coupled to the ordered local moments is induced by current, hence exerting a torque on the order parameter. Here we give a general systematic analysis of the symmetry of the spin-orbit torque in locally and globally non-centrosymmetric crystals. We study when the symmetry allows for a nonzero torque, when is the torque effective, and its dependence on the applied current direction and orientation of magnetic moments. For comparison, we consider both antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic orders. In two representative model crystals we perform microscopic calculations of the spin-orbit torque to illustrate its symmetry properties and to highlight conditions under which the spin-orbit torque can be efficient for manipulating antiferromagnetic moments.},
	urldate = {2016-05-05},
	journal = {arXiv:1604.07590 [cond-mat]},
	author = {Železný, J. and Gao, H. and Manchon, Aurélien and Freimuth, Frank and Mokrousov, Yuriy and Zemen, J. and Mašek, J. and Sinova, Jairo and Jungwirth, T.},
	month = apr,
	year = {2016},
	note = {arXiv: 1604.07590},
	keywords = {Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics, uses sympy},
}

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