Observation of the Unidirectional Magnetoresistance in Antiferromagnetic Insulator Fe2O3/Pt Bilayers

Yihong Fan; Pengxiang Zhang; Jiahao Han; Yang Lv; Luqiao Liu; Jian Ping Wang

doi:10.1002/aelm.202300232

Observation of the Unidirectional Magnetoresistance in Antiferromagnetic Insulator Fe₂O₃/Pt Bilayers

Yihong Fan, Pengxiang Zhang, Jiahao Han, Yang Lv, Luqiao Liu, Jian Ping Wang

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Abstract

Unidirectional magnetoresistance (UMR) has been observed in a variety of stacks with ferromagnetic/spin Hall material bilayer structures. In this work, UMR in antiferromagnetic insulator Fe₂O₃/Pt structure is reported. The UMR has a negative value, which is related to interfacial Rashba coupling and band splitting. Thickness-dependent measurement reveals a potential competition between UMR and the unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance (USMR). This work reveals the existence of UMR in antiferromagnetic insulators/heavy metal bilayers and broadens the way for the application of antiferromagnet-based spintronic devices.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	2300232
Journal	Advanced Electronic Materials
Volume	9
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202300232
State	Published - Aug 2023

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This work was supported, in part, by SMART, one of the seven centers of nCORE, a Semiconductor Research Corporation program, sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and by the UMN MRSEC program under Award No. DMR‐2011401. This work utilized the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) Characterization Facility at the University of Minnesota (UMN) supported, in part, by the NSF through the UMN MRSEC program. Portions of this work were conducted in the Minnesota Nano Center, which is supported by the National Science Foundation through the National Nano Coordinated Infrastructure Network (NNCI) under Award Number ECCS‐2025124. P. Z. acknowledges support from Mathworks fellowship. J.‐P.W. also acknowledges support from Robert Hartmann Endowed Chair Professorship. The authors acknowledge Chun‐Tao Chou for the help with XRD measurements.

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antiferromagnetic materials
magnetoresistance
spin Hall effect
spintronics
unidirectional magnetoresistance

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