TY - JOUR AU - Ding, Shilei AU - Liang, Zhongyu AU - Go, Dongwook AU - Yun, Chao AU - Xue, Mingzhu AU - Liu, Zhou AU - Becker, Sven AU - Yang, Wenyun AU - Du, Honglin AU - Wang, Changsheng AU - Yang, Yingchang AU - Jakob, Gerhard AU - Kläui, Mathias AU - Mokrousov, Yuriy AU - Yang, Jinbo TI - Observation of the Orbital Rashba-Edelstein Magnetoresistance JO - Physical review letters VL - 128 IS - 6 SN - 0031-9007 CY - College Park, Md. PB - APS M1 - FZJ-2022-01842 SP - 067201 PY - 2022 AB - We report the observation of magnetoresistance (MR) that could originate from the orbital angular momentum (OAM) transport in a permalloy (Py)/oxidized Cu (Cu∗) heterostructure: the orbital Rashba-Edelstein magnetoresistance. The angular dependence of the MR depends on the relative angle between the induced OAM and the magnetization in a similar fashion as the spin Hall magnetoresistance. Despite the absence of elements with large spin-orbit coupling, we find a sizable MR ratio, which is in contrast to the conventional spin Hall magnetoresistance which requires heavy elements. Through Py thickness-dependence studies, we conclude another mechanism beyond the conventional spin-based scenario is responsible for the MR observed in Py/Cu∗ structures—originated in a sizable transport of OAM. Our findings not only suggest the current-induced torques without using any heavy elements via the OAM channel but also provide an important clue towards the microscopic understanding of the role that OAM transport can play for magnetization dynamics. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:35213174 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000759205400005 DO - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.067201 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/907111 ER -