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@INPROCEEDINGS{Freimuth:906128,
author = {Freimuth, Frank},
title = {{S}pin-orbit torques from first principles: {C}ollinear
magnets, noncollinear magnets, temperaturedependence},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-01244},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in magnetic bilayers composed of
a 5d transition metal layer and aferromagnetic layer can
serve as a competitive alternative to the Slonczewski
spin-transfer torque inspin-valves and magnetic tunnel
junctions in order to realize MRAM devices. Based on our
first -principles approach to compute the SOT, we will first
discuss the SOT in Co/Pt and Mn/W magneticbilayers [1,2]. A
particular focus will be on the role of the spin-currents
that contribute to these torques.We will show how the
understanding of the SOT in these ferromagnetic bilayers may
be transferred tothe SOT in antiferromagnetic bilayers such
as FeRh/W[3]. A necessity to obtain the SOT is thebreaking
of space inversion symmetry. While magnetic bilayers such as
Co/Pt and Mn/W exhibitstructural breaking of inversion
symmetry, half Heusler compounds such as PtMnSb display
brokeninversion symmetry in the bulk. We will show that the
SOT in half Heuslers may reach magnitudescomparable to
magnetic bilayers and is very sensitive to strain [4]. Next,
we will discuss that thecombination of structural inversion
asymmetry and noncollinear magnetism leads to
additionalmechanisms of the SOT. In particular, we will
discuss Co/Cu/Co trilayers, where spin currentsgenerated by
in-plane current at one FM/NM interface can be used to
switch the other FM [5]. Despitethe absence of heavy metals
with strong spin-orbit coupling the SOTs in Co/Cu/Co
trilayers are sizable.The SOT in the top FM can be tuned by
the magnetization direction of the bottom FM. We will
showthat in noncollinear magnets SOT and current-induced
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction areintertwined, such that
both effects need to be considered at the same time in order
to obtain results thatsatisfy the Onsager-reciprocity
relations [6]. Finally, we will discuss the temperature
dependence ofSOTs found in experiments, which is often not
yet well understood by the theoretical models. We
willdiscuss our formalism development for the calculation of
the magnonic contribution to the SOT andpresent results for
this magnonic SOT in the Rashba model [7].[1] F. Freimuth et
al., PRB 92, 064415 (2015)[2] F. Freimuth et al., PRB 90,
174423 (2014)[3] F. Freimuth et al.,
https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.10598[4] F. Freimuth et al., PRB
103, 224414 (2021)[5] F. Freimuth et al., PRB 98, 024419
(2018)[6] F. Freimuth et al., PRB 102, 245411 (2020)[7] F.
Freimuth et al., PRB 104, 094434 (2021)},
month = {Feb},
date = {2022-02-22},
organization = {Group Seminar,
Martin-Luther-Universität
Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), 22 Feb
2022},
subtyp = {Invited},
cin = {IAS-1 / PGI-1 / JARA-FIT / JARA-HPC},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-1-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106 /
$I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$ / $I:(DE-82)080012_20140620$},
pnm = {5211 - Topological Matter (POF4-521)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5211},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)31},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/906128},
}