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Anomalous spin current anisotropy in a noncollinear antiferromagnet

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  • Cuimei Cao

    (East China Normal University)

  • Shiwei Chen

    (Hubei University
    Tongji University)

  • Rui-Chun Xiao

    (Anhui University)

  • Zengtai Zhu

    (Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Guoqiang Yu

    (Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yangping Wang

    (East China Normal University)

  • Xuepeng Qiu

    (Tongji University)

  • Liang Liu

    (Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    National University of Singapore)

  • Tieyang Zhao

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Ding-Fu Shao

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yang Xu

    (East China Normal University)

  • Jingsheng Chen

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Qingfeng Zhan

    (East China Normal University)

Abstract

Cubic materials host high crystal symmetry and hence are not expected to support anisotropy in transport phenomena. In contrast to this common expectation, here we report an anomalous anisotropy of spin current can emerge in the (001) film of Mn3Pt, a noncollinear antiferromagnetic spin source with face-centered cubic structure. Such spin current anisotropy originates from the intertwined time reversal-odd ( $${{{{{\mathscr{T}}}}}}$$ T -odd) and time reversal-even ( $${{{{{\mathscr{T}}}}}}$$ T -even) spin Hall effects. Based on symmetry analyses and experimental characterizations of the current-induced spin torques in Mn3Pt-based heterostructures, we find that the spin current generated by Mn3Pt (001) exhibits exotic dependences on the current direction for all the spin components, deviating from that in conventional cubic systems. We also demonstrate that such an anisotropic spin current can be used to realize low-power spintronic applications such as the efficient field-free switching of the perpendicular magnetizations.

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  • Cuimei Cao & Shiwei Chen & Rui-Chun Xiao & Zengtai Zhu & Guoqiang Yu & Yangping Wang & Xuepeng Qiu & Liang Liu & Tieyang Zhao & Ding-Fu Shao & Yang Xu & Jingsheng Chen & Qingfeng Zhan, 2023. "Anomalous spin current anisotropy in a noncollinear antiferromagnet," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-41568-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41568-0
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