Orbit-Transfer Torque Driven Field-Free Switching of Perpendicular Magnetization

he reversal of perpendicular magnetization （PM） by electric control is crucial for high-density integration of low-power magnetic random-access memory.Although the spin-transfer torque and spin-orbit torque technologies have been used to switch the magnetization of a free layer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy,the former has limited endurance because of the high current density directly through the junction,while the latter requires an external magnetic field or unconventional configuratio...     

磁控溅射工艺参数对碳膜表面形貌及浸润性的影响

为了分析磁控溅射工艺对碳膜表面形貌及浸润性的影响,在室温下采用磁控溅射技术在硅片表面沉积碳膜,并利用原子力显微镜(AFM)、扫描电镜(SEM)、静态接触角测量仪对所得碳膜进行表征.结果表明:随着溅射功率的提高,碳膜表面粗糙度先减小后增大,致密性逐渐改善,静态接触角先增大后减小;随着溅射时间的延长,碳膜的表面粗糙度逐渐增加,均匀性在一定的溅射时间内逐渐改善,静态接触角呈现先减小后增大再减小的趋势;随着溅射压强的增加,碳膜表面粗糙度先增大后减小,致密性在过高的溅射压强下会变差,静态接触角先减小后增大.     

Strain Tunable Berry Curvature Dipole,Orbital Magnetization and Nonlinear Hall Effect in WSe_2 Monolayer

The electronic topology is generally related to the Berry curvature,which can induce the anomalous Hall effect in time-reversal symmetry breaking systems.Intrinsic monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides possesses two nonequivalent K and K’ valleys,having Berry curvatures with opposite signs,and thus vanishing anomalous Hall effect in this system.Here we report the experimental realization of asymmetrical distribution of Berry curvature in a single valley in monolayer WSe₂ via applying uniaxial strain to break C_3v symmetry.As a result,although the Berry curvature itself is still opposite in K and K’ valleys,the two valleys would contribute equally to nonzero Berry curvature dipole.Upon applying electric field E,the emergent Berry curvature dipole D would lead to an out-of-plane orbital magnetization M ∝ D·E,which further induces an anomalous Hall effect with a linear response to E²,known as nonlinear Hall effect.We show the strain modulated transport properties of nonlinear Hall effect in monolayer WSe₂ with moderate hole-doping by gating.The second-harmonic Hall signals show quadratic dependence on electric field,and the corresponding orbital magnetization per current density M/J can reach as large as 60.In contrast to the conventional Rashba-Edelstein effect with in-plane spin polarization,such current-induced orbital magnetization is along the out-of-plane direction,thus promising for high-efficient electrical switching of perpendicular magnetization.