Magnetization dynamics in W/CoFeB, CoFeB/Pt and W/CoFeB/Pt multilayers was investigated using spin-orbit-torque ferromagnetic resonance (SOT-FMR) technique. An analytical model based on magnetization dynamics due to SOT was used to fit heavy metal (HM) thickness dependence of symmetric and antisymmetric components of the SOT-FMR signal. The analysis resulted in a determination of the properties of HM layers, such as spin Hall angle and spin diffusion length. The spin Hall angle of -0.36 and 0.09 has been found in the W/CoFeB and CoFeB/Pt bilayers, respectively, which add up in the case of W/CoFeB/Pt trilayer. More importantly, we have determined effective interfacial spin-orbit fields at both W/CoFeB and CoFeB/Pt interfaces, which are shown to cancel Oersted field for particular thicknesses of the heavy metal layers, leading to pure spin-current-induced dynamics and indicating the possibility for a more efficient magnetization switching.

Spin-orbit-torque (SOT) induced magnetization switching in Co/Pt/Co trilayer, with two Co layers exhibiting magnetization easy axes orthogonal to each other is investigated. Pt layer is used as a source of spin-polarized current as it is characterized by relatively high spin-orbit coupling. The spin Hall angle of Pt, θ = 0.08 is quantitatively determined using spin-orbit torque ferromagnetic resonance technique. In addition, Pt serves as a spacer between two Co layers and depending on it's thickness, different interlayer exchange coupling (IEC) energy between ferromagnets is induced. Intermediate IEC energies, resulting in a top Co magnetization tilted from the perpendicular direction, allows for SOT-induced field-free switching of the top Co layer. The switching process is discussed in more detail, showing the potential of the system for neuromorphic applications.

We present experimental data and their theoretical description on spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) in bilayers consisting of a heavy metal (H) coupled to in-plane magnetized ferromagnetic metal (F), and determine contributions to the magnetoresistance due to SMR and anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) in five different bilayer systems: W/Co 20 Fe 60 B 20 , Co 20 Fe 60 B 20 /Pt , Au/Co 20 Fe 60 B 20 , W/Co, and Co/Pt. The devices used for experiments have different interfacial properties due to either amorphous or crystalline structures of constitutent layers. To determine magnetoresistance contributions and to allow for optimization, the AMR is explicitly included in the diffusion transport equations in the ferromagnets. The results allow determination of different contributions to the magnetoresistance, which can play an important role in optimizing prospective magnetic stray field sensors. They also may be useful in the determination of spin transport properties of metallic magnetic heterostructures in other experiments based on magnetoresistance measurements. Spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) is a phenomenon that consists in resistance dependence on the relative orientation of magnetization and spin accumulation at the interface of ferromagnet and strong spin-orbit material (such as 5d metals 1-8 , topological insulators 9 , or some 2D systems 10). In transition metals such as W and Pt, the spin accumulation results from spin current driven by the spin Hall effect (SHE) 11-14. The spin current diffuses then into the ferromagnet or exerts a torque on the magnetization while being backscattered. Due to the inverse spin Hall effect (ISHE), the backscattered spin current is converted into a charge current that flows parallel to the bare charge current driven by external electric field, which effectively reduces the resistance 3,4. One of the most important advantages of driving spin currents by SHE is that the spin currents can be induced by a charge current flowing in the plane of the sample 15. This may remedy some obstacles on the road to further miniaturization of prospective electronic components, which have been encountered in spin-valves and magnetic tunnel junctions when the electric field is applied perpendicularly to interfaces. One of the drawbacks, however, is that the strength and effectiveness of such subtle effects depend strongly on the quality and spin properties of interfaces 16-23. Although early SMR experiments were performed on heavy-metal/ferromagnetic-insulator bilayers 1 , recent efforts are focused on the bilayers with ferromagnetic metallic layers, such as Co or Co 20 Fe 60 B 20 ones 5,7 , which are currently more relevant for applications. When the magnetization is parallel to the spin accumulation, the spin current from the heavy-metal can easily diffuse into the ferromagnetic metal (influencing its spin transport properties and spin accumulation on the ferromagnetic metal side) [5,24-30. This is especially important when an additional spin sink (another heavy-metal layer or an antifer...

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The spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) of Pt/FeCoB bilayers with in-plane magnetocrystalline anisotropy was analysed with respect to a second order effect in the sensing current which acts, through the spin Hall effect in Pt, as a torque on the magnetization of the ferromagnetic layer and changes slightly its configuration. This leads to a small current dependent shift of the SMR curves in field that allows, in structures with a multidomain state (e.g. Hall bars), the determination of the sign of the magnetic remanence. The SMR measurements were performed as a function of the Pt thickness and the spin Hall angle, the diffusion length and the field-like and damping like SOT efficiency were determined. The results were compared with the values obtained from harmonic Hall voltage and SOT-ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurements and show a good agreement.

Voltage-induced ferromagnetic resonance (V-FMR) in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with a W buffer is investigated. Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) energy is controlled by both thickness of a CoFeB free layer deposited directly on the W buffer and a post-annealing process at different temperatures. The PMA energy as well as the magnetization damping are determined by analysing field-dependent FMR signals in different field geometries. An optimized MTJ structure enabled excitation of V-FMR at frequencies exceeding 30 GHz. The macrospin modelling is used to analyse the field-and angular-dependence of the V-FMR signal and to support experimental magnetization damping extraction.