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Magnetic memory driven by spin splitting torque in nonrelativistic collinear antiferromagnet
Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, China; Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; School of Physical Sciences, Great Bay University, Dongguan, China.
Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, China; Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
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2026 (English)In: Nature Communications, E-ISSN 2041-1723, Vol. 17, no 1, article id 1309Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) provides a promising candidate for the next-generation memory technology with high-energy efficiency and fast operation speed. Spin splitting band structure in nonrelativistic collinear antiferromagnet with de-coupled crystal and spin symmetry provides a unique way for the flexible and efficient control of the polarization and flow directions of the spin current. Here, by integrating the potential altermagnetic (101)-RuO2 writing channel with the magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device, we demonstrate the all-electrical field-free altermagnetic spin splitting torque (SST)-driven switching of the perpendicular-MTJ in the 3-terminal altermagnetic SST-MRAM device, with the tilted spin polarization and the transversal flow of the spin current. The z-spin torque is further characterized by the altermagnetic SST-induced shift of the magnetic hysteresis loop, and the field-free altermagnetic SST-driven magnetic domain switching of the recording layer is directly observed by the magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE) microscope. Our research establishes groundwork for advancing the development of the altermagnetic SST-MRAM, paving the way for the future all-electrical, energy-efficient and high-endurance MRAM applications with separated writing/reading channels. 

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Springer Nature , 2026. Vol. 17, no 1, article id 1309
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-377480DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-68065-wISI: 001679462900005PubMedID: 41469405Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105029435030OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-377480DiVA, id: diva2:2042244
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