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Spin-orbit torque switching in 2D ferromagnet / topological insulator heterostructure grown by molecular beam epitaxy

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Topological insulators (TIs) are a promising class of materials for manipulating the magnetization of an adjacent ferromagnet (FM) through the spin-orbit torque (SOT) mechanism. However, current studies combining TIs with conventional FMs present large device-to-device variations, resulting in a broad distribution of SOT magnitudes. It has been identified that the interfacial quality between the TI and the FM is of utmost importance in determining the nature and efficiency of the SOT. To optimize the SOT magnitude and enable ultra-low-power magnetization switching, an atomically smooth interface is necessary. To this end, we have developed the growth of a full van der Waals FM/TI heterostructure by molecular beam epitaxy. The compensated TI (Bi0.4Sb0.6)2Te3 and ferromagnetic Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) were chosen because of their exceptional crystalline quality, low carrier concentration in BST and relatively large Curie temperature and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in FGT. We characterized the magnitude of the SOTs by using thorough harmonic magnetotransport measurements and showed that the magnetization of an ultrathin FGT film could be switched with a current density Jc < 10^10 A/m^2. In comparison to previous studies utilizing traditional FMs, our findings are highly reliable, displaying little to no variation between devices.
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hal-04006080 , version 1 (27-02-2023)

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Thomas Guillet, Regina V. Galcera, Juan F. Sierra, Marius V. Costache, Matthieu Jamet, et al.. Spin-orbit torque switching in 2D ferromagnet / topological insulator heterostructure grown by molecular beam epitaxy. 2023. ⟨hal-04006080⟩
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