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Novel ultra low-power magnetization switching using electron-orbital control

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K21960
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 21:Electrical and electronic engineering and related fields
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Ohya Shinobu  東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科(工学部), 准教授 (20401143)

Project Period (FY) 2019-06-28 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Keywordsスピントロニクス / 磁化反転 / トンネル磁気抵抗効果 / 電界効果 / 分子線エピタキシー / 電子軌道 / 磁気異方性 / 磁化回転 / 単結晶ヘテロ構造 / 酸化物 / 電子軌道制御
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では、原子レベルで平坦かつ制御された物質界面を実現することができる分子線エピタキシーという手法を用いて、お互いに異なる軌道を有する複数の電子がトンネル伝導に寄与するような高品質の単結晶強磁性量子ヘテロ構造の実現を目指す。電圧を印加することにより、フェルミレベルにおける各軌道をもつ電子の相対的な濃度を制御し、トンネル伝導への各電子の寄与の大きさを制御する。電子軌道の対称性と磁化の向きは、スピン軌道相互作用により結びついているため、このような系では、電圧により磁化の向きを極めて低消費電力でスイッチングできると期待される。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have successfully achieved in-plane 90-degree magnetization rotation in a perovskite heterostructure of LaSrMnO3/SrTiO3/LaSrMnO3 with a small bias voltage of 15-200 mV and with an extremely small current density of 0.01 A/cm^2, which is around 8 orders of magnitude smaller than that needed for the magnetization reversal using the today's technique.
Also, we have found that the magnetization rotation occurs only by applying a current in a single layer of the epitaxial ferromagnetic semiconductor GaMnAs. By measuring this effect for samples with various thicknesses, we have successfully reversed the magnetization with a current density only of 46,000 A/cm2, which is the smallest current density ever reported for the spin-orbit torque magnetization reversal, when the thickness of the GaMnAs layer was 15 nm.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、実際に電子の軌道状態を電圧で制御することにより、磁化スイッチに必要な電圧値を人工的に制御して、超低消費電力磁化スイッチを実現できることを明らかにした。また、従来、スピン軌道トルク磁化反転の研究は、重金属層と強磁性層の2層膜の系で行われてきたが、GaMnAsのように、物質内部に大きなスピン軌道相互作用が存在し、大きなフェルミ面が存在するような物質においては、単膜に電流を流すだけで磁化反転を誘起出来ることを明らかにした。より単純な素子構造で簡単にかつ高効率に磁化反転ができる新たな可能性を示すことができた。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 10 results) Remarks (1 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Suppression of the field-like torque for efficient magnetization switching in a spin?orbit ferromagnet2020

    • Author(s)
      Jiang Miao、Asahara Hirokatsu、Sato Shoichi、Ohya Shinobu、Tanaka Masaaki
    • Journal Title

      Nature Electronics

      Volume: 3 Issue: 12 Pages: 751-756

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41928-020-00500-w

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ultralow-power orbital-controlled magnetization rotation using a ferromagnetic oxide interface2019

    • Author(s)
      L. D. Anh, T. Yamashita, H. Yamasaki, D. Araki, M. Seki, H. Tabata, M. Tanaka, and S. Ohya
    • Journal Title

      Phys. Rev. Applied (Letter)

      Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Pages: 041001-041001

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevapplied.12.041001

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] オールエピタキシャル単結晶ヘテロ接合を用いた新スピン機能創成2021

    • Author(s)
      大矢忍、Le Duc Anh、金田真悟、荒井勝真、徳永将史, 関宗俊、田畑仁、田中雅明
    • Organizer
      物理学会, 12pD1-4
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] New functionalities at oxide interfaces: Ultralow-power magnetization switching by orbital selection and high-mobility two-dimensional hole/electron transport2021

    • Author(s)
      Le Duc Anh, Takashi Yamashita, Noboru Okamoto, Hiroki Yamasaki, Daisei Araki, Munetoshi Seki, Hitoshi Tabata, Masaaki Tanaka, and Shinobu Ohya
    • Organizer
      American Physical Society March Meeting 2021, E35.00001
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Efficient spin-orbit-torque magnetization switching in a spin-orbit ferromagnetic-semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As single layer2021

    • Author(s)
      Shinobu Ohya, Miao Jiang, Hirokatsu Asahara, Shoichi Sato, and Masaaki Tanaka
    • Organizer
      SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering Spintronics XIV, OP111-54
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 酸化物をベースとした異種接合界面における特異な電子構造の発現とデバイス機能応用2020

    • Author(s)
      大矢忍
    • Organizer
      パナソニックミニラウンドテーブル,
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Realization of a high-mobility two-dimensional hole gas at an FeOy/SrTiO3 interface2020

    • Author(s)
      S. Ohya, L. D. Anh, S. Kaneta, M. Tokunaga, M. Seki, H. Tabata, and M. Tanaka
    • Organizer
      16th International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (ICCMSE2020),
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Efficient bias-driven magnetization control by orbital selection at a La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 interface2020

    • Author(s)
      Le Duc Anh, Takashi Yamashita, Noboru Okamoto, Hiroki Yamasaki, Daisei Araki, Munetoshi Seki, Hitoshi Tabata, Masaaki Tanaka, and Shinobu Ohya
    • Organizer
      American Physical Society March Meeting 2020, R19.00001 (Virtual)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Ultra-low power bias-driven magnetization switching by quasi-Fermi level control at an interface of a perovskite-oxide-based magnetic tunnel junction2019

    • Author(s)
      S. Ohya, L. D. Anh, T. Yamashita, H. Yamasaki, D. Araki, M. Seki, H. Tabata, and M. Tanaka
    • Organizer
      5th Computational Chemistry (CC) Symposium -The Main Symposium of ICCMSE 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Anomalous magnetic behavior observed at ferromagnetic perovskite-oxide interfaces and its application to efficient magnetization rotation2019

    • Author(s)
      Shinobu Ohya, Le Duc Anh, Munetoshi Seki, Hitoshi Tabata, and Masaaki Tanaka
    • Organizer
      Collaborative Conference on Materials Research (CCMR)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 強磁性酸化物界面における超低消費電力磁化スイッチング2019

    • Author(s)
      大矢忍,Le Duc Anh,関宗俊,田畑仁,田中雅明
    • Organizer
      第3回 CSRN-Tokyo Workshop 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] オールエピタキシャルペロブスカイト酸化物ヘテロ構造を用いた新しいスピン機能の創製2019

    • Author(s)
      大矢忍,Le Duc Anh,荒木大晴,金田真悟,関宗俊,田畑仁,田中雅明
    • Organizer
      スピントロニクス学術研究基盤と連携ネットワーク拠点 2019年度 年次報告会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Efficient bias-driven magnetic-field-free magnetization switching by orbital selection at a La0.67Sr0.33MnO3/SrTiO3 interface2019

    • Author(s)
      Le Duc Anh, Takashi Yamashita, Hiroki Yamasaki, Daisei Araki, Munetoshi Seki, Hitoshi Tabata, Masaaki Tanaka, and Shinobu Ohya
    • Organizer
      26th International Workshop on Oxide Electronics (iWOE26)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] 東京大学 大学院工学系研究科 総合研究機構 大矢研究室

    • URL

      http://www.cryst.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ohya/

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 半導体デバイスおよびその製造方法2020

    • Inventor(s)
      レデゥックアイン、金田真悟、大矢忍、田中雅明、関宗俊、田畑仁
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      レデゥックアイン、金田真悟、大矢忍、田中雅明、関宗俊、田畑仁
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Filing Date
      2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2019-07-04   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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