Absence of evidence of spin transport through amorphous YFeO

Gomez-Perez, J. M.*; 大柳 洸一*; 八尋 黎明*; Ramos, R.*; Hueso, L. E.*; 齊藤 英治; Casanova, F.*

Applied Physics Letters, 116(3), p.032401_1 - 032401_5, 2020/01

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5119911

We probe the current-induced magnetic switching of insulating antiferromagnet-heavy-metal systems, by electrical spin Hall magnetoresistance measurements and direct imaging, identifying a reversal occurring by domain wall (DW) motion. We observe switching of more than one-third of the antiferromagnetic domains by the application of current pulses. Our data reveal two different magnetic switching mechanisms leading together to an efficient switching, namely, the spin-current induced effective magnetic anisotropy variation and the action of the spin torque on the DWs.