EP4264608A1 - Dispositif de modification de la direction d'aimantation d'une couche magnétique, système spintronique et procédé associés - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a device for modifying at least the direction of magnetization of a magnetic layer.
- the present invention also relates to a spintronic system comprising such a device and to a modification method.
- Spintronic devices take advantage of the degree of freedom offered by the spin of the electron to offer additional functionalities to conventional electronic devices, based on the charge of the electron, such as the non-volatility of information.
- the term spin electronics or spintronics is used to refer to such technology.
- a spin-polarized current in a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic element makes it possible to manipulate the direction of magnetization of this element.
- This spin-polarized current in fact generates a so-called spin transfer torque acting on the magnetization, which has, for example, been used for the operation of spintronic technologies such as magnetic random access memory, based on spin transfer at through a tunnel junction.
- the current is applied perpendicular to the plane of a magnetic tunnel junction, which makes it possible to reverse the magnetization of one of the layers making up the junction.
- spin-orbit couples Another way of reversing the magnetization by current application is based on so-called spin-orbit couples. These couples appear in bilayers made of a spin Hall effect material, typically a heavy metal (like Pt, Pd, W, Ta), in contact with a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material (like Co or CoFeB). They can also appear by Rashba-Edelstein effect at the interface between the ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic element and the ferroelectric element. The spin Hall effect and/or the Rashba-Edelstein effect make it possible to convert a charge current flowing this time in the plane of a stack into a spin current perpendicular to the plane of the stack. This spin current can cause oscillation and/or magnetization reversal of the magnetized layer.
- a spin Hall effect material typically a heavy metal (like Pt, Pd, W, Ta)
- ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material like Co or CoFeB
- This technique of modifying the orientation of the magnetization by spin-orbit couple is for example used to create random access magnetic memories based on spin-orbit couples, in which the information encoded in the magnetization state of the ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic element can be flipped by applying a current in the plane of the layers.
- This technique can also be used to create shift register type devices, consisting of tracks in which information is encoded via magnetic inhomogeneities, such as magnetic walls or skyrmions, which can be moved by spin-orbit couples.
- This technique can also be used in spin-orbit oscillators, in which the spin current generated by a charging current in the plane makes it possible to maintain oscillations of the magnetization, so as to generate radio frequency signals.
- the fundamental element of these devices based on the spin-orbit couple is often a layer of spin Hall effect material in contact with the ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic element.
- a charge current in the plane of the stack is converted into spin current by spin Hall effect.
- This conversion between charge current and spin current is fixed by the nature of the stacking of the layers.
- the modification of the direction of the magnetization is therefore only controlled by the current flowing in the plane of the stack.
- the present description relates to a device for modifying at least the direction of magnetization of a magnetic layer
- the modification device comprising a ferroelectric layer having a ferroelectric polarization, arranged on or under the magnetic layer so as to defining a stack comprising at least the magnetic layer and the ferroelectric layer, a generator capable of injecting an electric current into the stack in a direction parallel to the plane of the layers of the stack, and a modification unit capable of modifying the ferroelectric polarization of the ferroelectric layer to allow with the generator to modify the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer.
- a means of modifying the direction of the magnetization in which this modification depends both on a current flowing in the plane of the stack, and in a non-volatile manner on the polarization of a ferroelectric layer is thus proposed. in particular by applying a voltage to said ferroelectric layer.
- the device uses a ferroelectric layer, whose state of polarization makes it possible to modify the spin-orbit couple.
- the modification device has one or more of the following characteristics, taken in isolation or according to all the technically possible combinations: - the ferroelectric polarization modification unit is a voltage source.
- the magnetic layer is in contact with the ferroelectric layer.
- the stack comprises an intermediate layer interposed between the ferroelectric layer and the magnetic layer, the intermediate layer comprising a spin Hall effect material, in particular a metal such as platinum or tungsten.
- the stack comprises an intermediate layer interposed between the ferroelectric layer and the magnetic layer, the intermediate layer advantageously comprising a material chosen from the following list taken alone or in combination: a Weyl semi-metal, a two-dimensional material, in particular graphene , a transition metal dichalcogenide, and a topological insulator.
- the ferroelectric layer is in contact with a protective layer.
- the protective layer makes it possible to protect a gas of two-dimensional electrons forming on the surface of the ferroelectric layer.
- the protective layer is obtained by depositing at least 80% of a reducing metallic element from columns 3d, 4d, 5d, 4f, 5f of the periodic table or a combination of these elements.
- the description also describes a spintronic system comprising a magnetic layer, a device for modifying at least the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer, the modification device being as previously described, and a unit for reading the magnetization of the magnetic layer, the read unit being, for example, a magnetic tunnel junction.
- the spintronic system is chosen from among a memory, a shift register, an oscillator, part of a logic or neuromorphic device, and a radio frequency transmitter or receiver.
- the spintronic system is a shift register based on the propagation of magnetic domain walls or skyrmions.
- the spintronic system is part of a logic or neuromorphic device based on the propagation of magnetic domain walls or skyrmions or spin waves.
- the description also relates to a method for modifying at least the direction of magnetization of a magnetic layer, the method comprising a step of modifying the magnetization of the magnetic layer by modifying the ferroelectric polarization of a ferroelectric layer arranged on or under the magnetic layer, so as to define a stack comprising at least the magnetic layer and the ferroelectric layer, and by injecting an electric current into the stack in a direction parallel to the plane of the layers of the stack.
- the modification of the ferroelectric polarization is implemented by applying an electric voltage to the ferroelectric layer.
- FIG. 1 a schematic representation of a magnetic layer and an example of a device for modifying at least one magnetic property of the magnetic layer
- FIG. 4 a schematic representation of the magnetic layer and another example of a device for modifying at least one magnetic property of the magnetic layer.
- the present invention is based on a new technique for modifying a magnetic property of a magnetic layer, it is first presented how to physically implement such a technique by describing a specific modification device before explaining how such a device modification makes it possible to obtain a spintronic system which offers more functionality thanks to the degrees of freedom obtained by this new technique.
- FIG. 1 thus presents a physical implementation of the aforementioned new technique. More specifically, a magnetic layer 10 and a modification device 12 are represented in FIG.
- the magnetic layer 10 is a monolayer or a ferromagnetic and/or ferrimagnetic multi-layer.
- the material or all the materials forming the monolayer or the multi-layer form a ferromagnetic and/or ferrimagnetic assembly even if some of the materials entering into the composition of said layer are intrinsically non-ferromagnetic and/or non-ferrimagnetic.
- the magnetic element of this spin-polarizing mono or multilayer is a Heusler alloy, for example CusMnAl, CusMnln, CusMnSn, NfiMnAl, NfiMnln, NfiMnSn, NfiMnSb, NipMnGa CosMnAl, CosMnSi, CosMnGa, CosMnGe, PchMnAI, PdsMnln, PdsMnSn, PdsMnSb, CosFeSi, CosFeAl, FesVAI, MnpVGa, CosFeGe, MnGa, or MnGaRu.
- a Heusler alloy for example CusMnAl, CusMnln, CusMnSn, NfiMnAl, NfiMnln, NfiMnSn, NfiMnSb, NipMnGa Co
- the ferromagnetic and/or ferrimagnetic material is based on 3d elements such as Fe, Ni, Cr, Mn, Co, used pure or in the form of multilayers or alloys, with one another or with other elements, such as for example CoPtCr, CoFe, CoFeB, CoNi, NiFe, FePt or FePd.
- 3d elements such as Fe, Ni, Cr, Mn, Co, used pure or in the form of multilayers or alloys, with one another or with other elements, such as for example CoPtCr, CoFe, CoFeB, CoNi, NiFe, FePt or FePd.
- the ferromagnetic and/or ferrimagnetic material may comprise alloys based on rare earths, such as for example Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, or Dy.
- the ferromagnetic and/or ferrimagnetic material may comprise nitrogen compounds such as Mn 4 N.
- the magnetic layer 10 has a thickness of between 0.1 nanometer (nm) and 200 nm.
- the thickness is the distance between the two faces of the magnetic layer 10 in the direction perpendicular to the plane in which the magnetic layer 10 mainly extends.
- the thickness of the magnetic layer 10 is between 0.1 nm and 20 nm.
- the magnetic layer 10 has magnetic properties including magnetization.
- the magnetization of this magnetic layer is its volume density of magnetic moment.
- This magnetization is a vector quantity, and it is not necessarily uniform in the layer, i.e. its direction is variable from one point to another of the magnetic layer. It is understood by the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer the direction of the magnetization in each point of this layer. A modification of the direction of magnetization of the layer can therefore concern the whole layer or only part of the layer.
- the modification device 12 is a modification device 12 of at least one magnetic property of the magnetic layer 10.
- the modification device 12 is capable of modifying the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer 10.
- the modification device 12 comprises a ferroelectric layer 14, a current generator 16 and a modification unit 18.
- Ferroelectric layer 14 is placed on or under magnetic layer 10 so as to define a stack 19 comprising at least magnetic layer 10 and ferroelectric layer 14. In the example of Figure 1, the ferroelectric layer 14 is in contact with the magnetic layer 10.
- the ferroelectric layer 14 is composed of a single or a multilayer comprising one or more materials providing ferroelectric properties to the resulting layer.
- the ferroelectric layer 14 comprises a material advantageously having a perovskite structure.
- the ferroelectric layer 14 comprises BaTiOs, PZT, PMN-PT, BiFeOs, or SrTiOs, or another ABO3 type element where A and B are two cations, or even a mixture of these materials.
- PZT designates the element PbZri. x Ti x O3 where x can vary between 0 and 1 .
- BiFeOs or SrTiOs can optionally be doped.
- BiFeOs can be doped with rare earths.
- ferroelectric materials not having a perovskite structure can be envisaged.
- poly(vinylidene fluoride) also designated by the acronym PVDF referring to the English term "Polyvinylidene Fluoride”
- CsBiNbsOy Or the element (Hfi- x Zr x )02 or (Hfi. x Ga x )C>2 (with x varying between 0 and 1).
- two-dimensional ferroelectric materials such as transition metal dichalcogenides, such as WTe2 or M0S2 or MoSe2, or CulnP 2 S6 can be used.
- the material can be a material which is not spontaneously ferroelectric but which can become ferroelectric by applying a stress, or an electric field, or by doping.
- the ferroelectric layer 14 has a ferroelectric bias.
- the ferroelectric layer 14 has an appropriate thickness so that its polarization can be reversed.
- a thickness of less than 100 nm and advantageously less than 50 nm is an appropriate thickness.
- the modification unit 18 which is capable of modifying the ferroelectric polarization of the ferroelectric layer 14.
- the modification unit 18 is a voltage source, the variation of the voltage making it possible to modify the polarization.
- An example of a voltage source is a voltage generator supplying the ferroelectric layer 14. This voltage generator is then connected to the stack 19 by contacts arranged for example on either side of the stack 19.
- this is a transistor or a set of transistors produced for example by integrated circuits and electrically connected to the ferroelectric layer 14.
- current generator 16 is capable of injecting current into stack 19 in a direction parallel to the plane of the layers of stack 19.
- the layer plane of stack 19 is a plane in which the layers of stack 19 extend.
- the modification unit 18 is thus able to modify the ferroelectric polarization of the ferroelectric layer 14, to allow with the generator 16 to modify the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer 10.
- the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer 10 is linked to the ferroelectric polarization of the ferroelectric layer 14 and to the electric current flowing in the stack 19.
- the polarization of the ferroelectric layer 14 and the application of a current in the stack 19 make it possible, between them, to control the direction of the magnetization of the magnetic layer 10.
- ferroelectric layer 14 is arranged spatially with respect to the magnetic layer to modify the direction of the magnetization of the latter under the effect of the current injected by the current generator 16.
- the modifying device 12 converts the charging motion (charging current) from the current injected by the current generator 16 into a flux of spin magnetic moment (spin current) in the magnetic layer.
- Such a charge current to spin current conversation is, for example, obtained by the Rashba-Edelstein effect.
- the Rashba-Edelstein effect allows the conversion of a charge current into a spin current at the surface of a topological insulator or at an interface or in the volume of certain materials. It appears when the inversion symmetry is broken, which results in the appearance of an electric field perpendicular to the plane of the stack 19. This is for example possibly the case of the interface between the magnetic layer 10 and the ferroelectric layer 14.
- the electron wave vector and the spin are coupled; spin degeneracy is lifted and in the simplest case the electronic structure of the surface or interface consists of two concentric Fermi contours with opposite spin chirality.
- Controlling the state of the polarization of the ferroelectric layer 14 therefore makes it possible to control the properties of the spin current flowing in the magnetic layer 10 after injection of a charging current and thus to modify the direction of magnetization.
- the stack 19 comprises a spin Hall effect material
- the charge current to spin current conversion can be obtained by spin Hall effect and here again, the polarization of the ferroelectric layer 14 makes it possible to control the amplitude of the spin Hall effect conversion and therefore the magnetization of the magnetic layer 10.
- a current applied in the stack 19 creates an accumulation of spin, these spins being in the plane of the stack 19, and orthogonal to the applied current.
- the diffusion of these spins in the adjacent magnetic layer 10 corresponds to a spin current, which generates a torque acting on the magnetization and making it possible to modify the direction of this magnetization.
- the magnitude and sign of the spin current is controlled by the ferroelectric polarization of the ferroelectric layer 14.
- the modification device 12 is thus capable of implementing a method of modifying the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer 10.
- the method comprises a step of modifying the magnetization of the magnetic layer 10 by modifying the ferroelectric polarization of the ferroelectric layer 14 and by injecting an electric current into the stack 19 in a direction parallel to the plane of the layers of the stacking 19.
- the modification of the ferroelectric polarization is implemented by applying an electric voltage to the ferroelectric layer 14.
- the modification unit 18 therefore makes it possible to control the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer 10 provided that a charging current is injected into the stack 19.
- the additional degree of freedom provided by the voltage makes it possible to envisage using the modification device 12 in a spintronic system so that the layer magnetic 10 can provide, in combination with other elements, additional functionalities such as memorization or reprogrammability.
- the modification device 12 is thus particularly advantageous in a spintronic system 30 as represented in FIG. 2.
- the spintronic system 30 comprises the magnetic layer 10, the modification device 12 of FIG. 1 and a unit 32 for reading the magnetization of the magnetic layer 10.
- the magnetization reading unit 32 of the magnetic layer 10 is suitable for determining the direction of the magnetization of the magnetic layer 10.
- the reader unit 32 is a magnetic tunnel junction.
- a magnetic tunnel junction is a stack of a magnetic layer separated from a free layer by a barrier layer.
- the free layer is the layer that can overturn under the effect of the spin-orbit couple.
- the barrier layer is, for example, made of MgO or Al2O3.
- the reading unit 32 is positioned above the stack 19.
- the reading unit 32 is positioned below the stack 19.
- the read unit 32 can be a stack of layers with giant magnetoresistance, an extraordinary Hall effect read unit in the magnetic layer 10, a unit planar Hall effect readout unit, or an anisotropic magnetoresistance readout unit.
- the reading unit 32 makes it possible to obtain information which is encoded in the magnetic properties of the magnetic layer 10.
- the spintronic system 30 is a memory
- the information is encoded in the magnetization direction of the magnetic layer 10.
- the memory functions as a so-called Spin-Orbit Couple Magnetic Memory, in which the magnetization state depends on the sign of the current pulse sent into the stack plane.
- the state of magnetization written in the magnetic layer 10 also depends on the state of polarization of the ferroelectric layer 14, which can change in sign and in amplitude the torque acting on the magnetization.
- the magnetization state is described by 0 or 1, these values corresponding to opposite magnetizations, it is possible to transition from state 0 to state 1 by applying a current in the positive plane, if the polarization is positive. he is also possible to transit from 0 to 1 by applying a current in the negative plane, if the polarization is negative. This makes it possible, for example, to use always positive currents to write the information, by changing the state of ferroelectric polarization to control the state of magnetization stored in memory.
- the information is encoded in the positions or configurations of magnetic inhomogeneities such as walls of magnetic domains, skyrmions or spin waves propagating in the magnetic layer 10.
- modifying the ferroelectric polarization makes it possible to modify the propagation of one of the aforementioned elements (wall / skyrmion / spin wave).
- the modification can be a modification of the speed (acceleration or deceleration, even a change of sign or a stop) or of the amplitude (amplification or attenuation).
- the control of the polarization at certain points of the circuit makes it possible to locally control the spin-orbit couple, and therefore the displacement and the behavior of walls, skyrmions or spin waves.
- the use of the remanence of the ferroelectric polarization can make it possible to reconfigure such devices.
- control device 12 therefore provides an additional degree of freedom resulting in an improvement in the function performed by the control device 12.
- Such a contribution is advantageous for multiple spintronic systems 30, including a memory, a shift register, part of a logic or neuromorphic device, an oscillator, a radio frequency transmitter or a radio frequency receiver.
- the spintronic system 30 is a spin-transfer spin-orbit oscillator, the torque acting on the magnetization making it possible to drive the oscillation of the magnetization at frequencies of the order of GHz , thus generating a microwave signal for wireless telecommunications.
- this type of device is a receiver, the reception of a microwave signal causing the oscillation of the magnetization of the magnetic layer 10, thus generating a DC voltage in the plane of the stack .
- the control device 12 does not apply any current in the plane of the stack, but only measures the DC voltage created in the plane of the stack by the oscillation of magnetization.
- the modification device 12 of FIG. 4 has the same elements as the modification device 12 of FIG. 1. Also, the common elements are not repeated in what follows. Only the differences are presented in the following.
- the modification device 12 further comprises an intermediate layer 34 interposed between the magnetic layer 10 and the ferroelectric layer 14.
- the intermediate layer 34 can be made of multiple materials.
- the intermediate layer 34 is made of a spin-orbit material and has a thickness of less than 50 nm and advantageously less than 10 nm
- a spin-orbit material is a material for converting a charge current into a spin current.
- the spin-orbit material is advantageously one of the following: beta-Tantalum (beta-Ta), BiSb, Ta, beta-Tungsten (beta-W), W, Pt and Cu or Au doped with elements from columns 3d, 4d, 5d, 4f, 5f of Mendele ⁇ ev's table such as W, Ta or Bi.
- the intermediate layer 34 may comprise a two-dimensional material, optionally doped, alone or in combination with other materials.
- Graphene, BiSes, BiS, TiS, NiPSs, WS2, M0S2, TiSe2, VSe2, MoSe2, B2S3, Sb2S, LaCPS2, LaOAsS2, ScOBiS2, FePSs, GaOBiS2 , AIOBIS2, LaOSbS2, BiOBiS2, LaOBiSe2, TiOBiS2, CeOBiS2, ProBiS2, NdOBiS2, LaOBiS2, CrGeT es, CrSiT es or SrFBiSs are examples of two-dimensional materials.
- intermediate layer 34 may comprise a Weyl semi-metal alone or in combination with other materials.
- TaAs, TaP, NbAs, NbP, NasBi, CdsAss, WTe 2 , and MoTe 2 are examples of Weyl semimetals that can be used in interlayer 34.
- the intermediate layer 34 comprises a topological insulator.
- a topological insulator is a material having an insulator-like band structure but which has metallic surface states.
- the intermediate layer 34 may comprise a transition metal dichalcogenide.
- the material of the intermediate layer 34 is a material having a chemical formula written ROCh 2 in which the element R is chosen from the list consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd , Sr, Sc, Ga, Al and In and the element Ch is chosen from the list consisting of S, Se and Te.
- the material of the intermediate layer 34 is advantageously a spin-orbit material and in particular a Weyl semi-metal and/or a topological insulator and/or a two-dimensional material and/or a transition metal dichalcogenide and/or a oxide (for example LaAlOs) and/or even a metal such as platinum or tungsten.
- a spin-orbit material and in particular a Weyl semi-metal and/or a topological insulator and/or a two-dimensional material and/or a transition metal dichalcogenide and/or a oxide (for example LaAlOs) and/or even a metal such as platinum or tungsten.
- the operation of the modification device 12 according to FIG. 4 is similar to the operation described for the modification device 12 according to FIG. 4.
- the ferroelectric layer 14 is in contact with a protective layer.
- the protective layer makes it possible to create and/or protect an electron gas forming on the surface of the ferroelectric layer 14.
- the protective layer is a layer comprising at least 80% in atomic proportion of a metallic element from columns 3d, 4d, 5d, 4f, 5f of the periodic table such as Al, Ta, Ru, Ir, Mo, Ti, Y, Au, or a combination of these elements such as AITa.
- This protective layer will oxidize partially or totally, creating oxygen vacancies in the ferroelectric element 14 and thus generating a two-dimensional gas of electrons at the interface between the metallic element, having a density of carriers greater than 1 O 10 cm -2 .
- the protective layer is made of Ru, Al, Ta, Ti, Mg or Y.
- the magnetic layer 10 is nanostructured.
- Such nanostructuring can in particular be carried out by using a lithography technique. This makes it possible to obtain, for example, a set of nanoelements having one or more dimensions in the plane of the stack of less than 100 nm. Such a configuration is advantageous for the case of memories or parts of neuromorphic devices.
- this makes it possible to produce nanotracks, in particular tracks having a width of less than 200 nm, suitable for the case of devices based on the use of domain walls or skyrmions.
- the ferroelectric layer 14 is nanostructured.
- modification device 12 can include any combination of the aforementioned embodiments.
- the modification device 12 makes it possible to modify at least one magnetic property of a magnetic layer (the direction of magnetization here) which offers more degrees of freedom for a spintronic system 30 which would include such a modification device. 12.
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