Control of Compensation Temperature in CoGd Films through Hydrogen and Oxygen Migration under Gate Voltage.

ABSTRACT

Electrical control of magnetic properties is crucial for low-energy memory and logic spintronic devices. We find that the magnetic properties of ferrimagnetic CoGd can be altered through ionic liquid gating. Gate voltages manipulate the opposite magnetic moments in Co and Gd sublattices and induce a giant magnetic compensation temperature change of more than 200 K in Pt/CoGd/Pt heterostructures. The electrically controlled dominant magnetic sublattice allows voltage-induced magnetization switching. Both experiments and theoretical calculations demonstrate that the significant modulations of compensation temperature are relevant to the reduced Gd moments due to the presence of hydrogen ions at positive voltages as well as the enhanced Co moments and reduced Gd moments due to the injection of oxygen ions at negative voltages. These findings expand the possibilities for all-electric and reversible magnetization control in the field of spintronics.