Magnetization switching using topological surface states

Authors: Peng Li, James Kally, Steven S.-L. Zhang, Timothy Pillsbury, Jinjun Ding, Gyorgy Csaba, Junjia Ding, J. S. Jiang, Yunzhi Liu, Robert Sinclair, Chong Bi, August DeMann, Gaurab Rimal, Wei Zhang, Stuart B. Field, Jinke Tang, Weigang Wang, Olle G. Heinonen, Valentine Novosad, Axel Hoffmann, Nitin Samarth, Mingzhong Wu

Published: 2019-08-30

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw3415

Source: Full article

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Abstract

With a topological insulator/magnetic insulator bilayer, we demonstrate topological surface state–driven magnetization switching.