Two-field measurements of spin-orbit-torque efficiency in crystalline (Ga,Mn)(As,P) ferromagnetic semiconductors

초록

We investigated spin-orbit-torque (SOT) efficiency in a crystalline (Ga,Mn)(As,P) ferromagnetic film with out-of-plane anisotropy. By performing Hall resistance measurements with opposite current polarities, we identified current-induced SOT effects in magnetization transition. The SOT efficiency was then quantified by analyzing hysteresis shifts as a function of in-plane magnetic bias fields. We found that SOT efficiency depends on crystal direction along which current flows, consistent with the dependence of net spin-orbit fields (SOFs) in tensile-strained (Ga,Mn)(As,P) film. The highest efficiency (7.4 Oe/10(5) Ac m(-2)) was observed for the [1 (1) over bar0] current direction, for which Dresselhaus- and Rashba-type SOFs are parallel and of the same sign in the film. Additionally, the SOT efficiency showed saturation behavior as a function of in-plane bias field, which suggests the presence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in the (Ga,Mn)(As,P) film due to its noncentrosymmetric crystal structure.