Long-range, non-local switching of spin textures in a frustrated antiferromagnet

Shannon C. Haley (), Eran Maniv, Shan Wu, Tessa Cookmeyer, Susana Torres-Londono, Meera Aravinth, Nikola Maksimovic, Joel Moore, Robert J. Birgeneau and James G. Analytis ()
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Shannon C. Haley: University of California
Eran Maniv: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Shan Wu: University of California
Tessa Cookmeyer: University of California
Susana Torres-Londono: University of California
Meera Aravinth: University of California
Nikola Maksimovic: University of California
Joel Moore: University of California
Robert J. Birgeneau: University of California
James G. Analytis: University of California

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Antiferromagnetic spintronics is an emerging area of quantum technologies that leverage the coupling between spin and orbital degrees of freedom in exotic materials. Spin-orbit interactions allow spin or angular momentum to be injected via electrical stimuli to manipulate the spin texture of a material, enabling the storage of information and energy. In general, the physical process is intrinsically local: spin is carried by an electrical current, imparted into the magnetic system, and the spin texture will then rotate in the region of current flow. In this study, we show that spin information can be transported and stored “non-locally" in the material FexNbS2. We propose that collective modes can manipulate the spin texture away from the flowing current, an effect amplified by strong magnetoelastic coupling of the ordered state. This suggests a novel way to store and transport spin information in strongly spin-orbit coupled magnetic systems.

Date: 2023
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