Meinert, Markus ; Graulich, Dominik ; Matalla-Wagner, Tristan (2018)
Electrical Switching of Antiferromagnetic Mn2Au and the Role of Thermal Activation.
In: Physical Review Applied, 9 (6)
doi: 10.1103/physrevapplied.9.064040
Artikel, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Electrical manipulation of antiferromagnets with specific symmetries offers the prospect of creating antiferromagnetic spintronic devices. Such devices aim to make use of the insensitivity to external magnetic fields and the ultrafast dynamics at the picosecond timescale intrinsic to antiferromagnets. The possibility to electrically switch antiferromagnets was first predicted for Mn2Au and then experimentally observed in tetragonal CuMnAs. Here, we report on the electrical switching and detection of the Néel order in epitaxial films of Mn2Au. The exponential dependences of the switching amplitude on the current density and the temperature are explained by a macroscopic thermal-activation model taking into account the effect of the Joule heating in Hall cross devices, and we observe that the thermal activation plays a key role in the reorientation process of the Néel order. Our model analysis shows that the electrically set Néel state is long-term stable at room temperature, paving the way for practical applications in memory devices.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2018 |
| Autor(en): | Meinert, Markus ; Graulich, Dominik ; Matalla-Wagner, Tristan |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | Electrical Switching of Antiferromagnetic Mn2Au and the Role of Thermal Activation |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 26 Juni 2018 |
| Verlag: | APS Publishing |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Physical Review Applied |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 9 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 6 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/physrevapplied.9.064040 |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Electrical manipulation of antiferromagnets with specific symmetries offers the prospect of creating antiferromagnetic spintronic devices. Such devices aim to make use of the insensitivity to external magnetic fields and the ultrafast dynamics at the picosecond timescale intrinsic to antiferromagnets. The possibility to electrically switch antiferromagnets was first predicted for Mn2Au and then experimentally observed in tetragonal CuMnAs. Here, we report on the electrical switching and detection of the Néel order in epitaxial films of Mn2Au. The exponential dependences of the switching amplitude on the current density and the temperature are explained by a macroscopic thermal-activation model taking into account the effect of the Joule heating in Hall cross devices, and we observe that the thermal activation plays a key role in the reorientation process of the Néel order. Our model analysis shows that the electrically set Néel state is long-term stable at room temperature, paving the way for practical applications in memory devices. |
| Zusätzliche Informationen: | Art.No.: 064040 |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 18 Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik 18 Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik > Institut für Mikrowellentechnik und Photonik (IMP) 18 Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik > Institut für Mikrowellentechnik und Photonik (IMP) > Neue Materialien Elektronik |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 14 Jan 2022 10:50 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 14 Jan 2022 10:50 |
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