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Current-switched magnetic insulator

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Exploiting the spin Hall effect acting on magnetic oxides outlines an unprecedented path towards low-power, non-volatile spintronics devices.

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Figure 1: Sketch of current induced magnetization switching in insulating TmIG by the SHE.
Figure 2: Electric detection of the switching.

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  1. Jörg Wunderlich is at the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK, and the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10/112 162 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic,

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