Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 97, Issue 14, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.144416
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11774296, 61704071]
- Hong Kong RGC [16300117, 16301816]
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Spin-orbit-torque magnetic random access memory (SOT-MRAM) is a promising technology for the next generation of data storage devices. The main bottleneck of this technology is the high reversal current density threshold. This outstanding problem is now solved by a new strategy in which the magnitude of the driven current density is fixed while the current direction varies with time. The theoretical limit of minimal reversal current density is only a fraction (the Gilbert damping coefficient) of the threshold current density of the conventional strategy. The Euler-Lagrange equation for the fastest magnetization reversal path and the optimal current pulse is derived for an arbitrary magnetic cell and arbitrary spin-orbit torque. The theoretical limit of minimal reversal current density and current density for a GHz switching rate of the new reversal strategy for CoFeB/Ta SOT-MRAMs are, respectively, of the order of 10(5) A/cm(2) and 10(6) A/cm(2) far below 10(7) A/cm(2) and 10(8) A/cm(2) in the conventional strategy. Furthermore, no external magnetic field is needed for a deterministic reversal in the new strategy.
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