Intrinsic spin-orbit torque in an antiferromagnet with a weakly noncollinear spin configuration
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- Title
- Intrinsic spin-orbit torque in an antiferromagnet with a weakly noncollinear spin configuration
- Authors
- Cheon, Suik; Lee, Hyun-Woo
- Date Issued
- 2018-03
- Publisher
- AMER PHYSICAL SOC
- Abstract
- An antiferromagnet is a promising material for spin-orbit torque generation. Earlier studies of the spin-orbit torque in an antiferromagnet were limited to collinear spin configurations. We calculate the spin-orbit torque in an antiferromagnet whose spin ordering is weakly noncollinear. Such noncollinearity may be induced spontaneously during the magnetization dynamics even when the equilibrium spin configuration is perfectly collinear. It is shown that deviation from perfect collinearity can modify the properties of the spin-orbit torque since noncollinearity generates extra Berry phase contributions to the spin-orbit torque, which are forbidden for collinear spin configurations. In sufficiently clean antiferromagnets, this modification can be significant. We estimate this effect to be of relevance for fast antiferromagnetic domain-wall motion.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/95217
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.104425
- ISSN
- 2469-9950
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- PHYSICAL REVIEW B, vol. 97, no. 10, 2018-03
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