Unidirectional Magnetoresistance in Antiferromagnet/Heavy-Metal Bilayers
Soho Shim, M. Mehraeen, Joseph Sklenar, Junseok Oh, Jonathan Gibbons, Hilal Saglam, Axel Hoffmann, Steven S.-L. Zhang, Nadya Mason
Abstract
Observation of a unidirectional magnetoresistance in an antiferromagnet offers a way to monitor the direction of microscopic magnetic moments in such devices, a crucial ability for future spintronics technologies.
Topics & Concepts
Condensed matter physicsAntiferromagnetismSpintronicsMagnetoresistanceFerromagnetismBilayerSpin (aerodynamics)PhysicsMaterials scienceMagnetic fieldChemistryQuantum mechanicsMembraneBiochemistryThermodynamicsMagnetic properties of thin filmsPhysics of Superconductivity and MagnetismFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices