Kavli Affiliate: Daniel C. Ralph
| First 5 Authors: Xiaoxi Huang, Xianzhe Chen, Yuhang Li, John Mangeri, Hongrui Zhang
| Summary:
A collective excitation of the spin structure in a magnetic insulator can
transmit spin-angular momentum with negligible dissipation. This quantum of a
spin wave, introduced more than nine decades ago, has always been manipulated
through magnetic dipoles, (i.e., timereversal symmetry). Here, we report the
experimental observation of chiral-spin transport in multiferroic BiFeO3, where
the spin transport is controlled by reversing the ferroelectric polarization
(i.e., spatial inversion symmetry). The ferroelectrically controlled magnons
produce an unprecedented ratio of up to 18% rectification at room temperature.
The spin torque that the magnons in BiFeO3 carry can be used to efficiently
switch the magnetization of adja-cent magnets, with a spin-torque efficiency
being comparable to the spin Hall effect in heavy metals. Utilizing such a
controllable magnon generation and transmission in BiFeO3, an alloxide,
energy-scalable logic is demonstrated composed of spin-orbit injection,
detection, and magnetoelectric control. This observation opens a new chapter of
multiferroic magnons and paves an alternative pathway towards low-dissipation
nanoelectronics.
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