Spin-orbit torque generated from perpendicularly magnetized Co/Ni multilayers

Abstract

We report the existence of a spin-orbit torque generated from charge to spin conversion in perpendicularly magnetized ferromagnetic material through spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) measurement. We fabricated a trilayer structure consisting of a Cu spacer layer sandwiched between an in-plane magnetized FeB layer and perpendicularly magnetized Co/Ni multilayers. From the ferromagnetic resonance under DC bias current application, we observed a significant linewidth modulation in the FeB layer attributed to the charge to spin conversion generated from Co/Ni multilayers. In-plane angular dependence and the magnetization polarity dependence of the linewidth modulation reveal that two types of charge to spin conversion with different symmetry coexist in the single Co/Ni multilayers.