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Electrical current switching of the noncollinear antiferromagnet Mn3GaN

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 115, Issue 5, Pages -

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AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.5109317

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  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI [17K17801, 17K19054]
  2. Murata Science Foundation
  3. Kyosho Hatta Foundation
  4. Center for Spintronics Research Network (CSRN) of Tohoku University
  5. Research Center for Materials Backcasting Technology, School of Engineering, Nagoya University
  6. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17K19054, 17K17801] Funding Source: KAKEN

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We report electrical current switching of noncollinear antiferromagnetic (AFM) Mn3GaN/Pt bilayers at room temperature. The Hall resistance of these bilayers can be manipulated by applying a pulse current of 1.5x10(6) A/cm(2), whereas no significant change is observed up to similar to 10(8) A/cm(2) in Mn3GaN single films, indicating that the Pt layer plays an important role. In comparison with ferrimagnetic Mn3GaN/Pt bilayers, a lower electrical current switching of noncollinear AFM Mn3GaN is demonstrated, with a critical current density two orders of magnitude smaller. Our results highlight that a combination of a noncollinear AFM antiperovskite nitride and a spin-torque technique is a good platform for AFM spintronics.

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