Exchange bias between van der Waals materials: tilted magnetic states and field-free spin-orbit-torque switching

Kavli Affiliate: Daniel C. Ralph

| First 5 Authors: Thow Min Jerald Cham, Reiley J. Dorrian, Xiyue S. Zhang, Avalon H. Dismukes, Daniel G. Chica

| Summary:

Magnetic van der Waals heterostructures provide a unique platform to study
magnetism and spintronics device concepts in the two-dimensional limit. Here,
we report studies of exchange bias from the van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr
acting on the van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 (FGT). The orientation of the
exchange bias is along the in-plane easy axis of CrSBr, perpendicular to the
out-of-plane anisotropy of the FGT, inducing a strongly tilted magnetic
configuration in the FGT. Furthermore, the in-plane exchange bias provides
sufficient symmetry breaking to allow deterministic spin-orbit torque switching
of the FGT in CrSBr/FGT/Pt samples at zero applied magnetic field. A minimum
thickness of the CrSBr greater than 10 nm is needed to provide a non-zero
exchange bias at 30 K.

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