Self-Integrated Quantum Imaging of an All-van der Waals Spin-Orbit Torque System

January 2026 Xi Zhang; Jingcheng Zhou; Chaowei Hu; PeiYu Cai; Kuangyin Deng; Chuangtang Wang; Nishkarsh Agarwal; Hanshang Jin; Faris A. Al-Matouq; Stelo Xu; Roshan S. Trivedi; Senlei Li; Sumedh Rathi; Hanyi Lu; Zhigang Jiang; Valentin Taufour; Robert Hovden; Liuyan Zhao; Ran Cheng; Xiaodong Xu; Elton J. G. Santos; Jiun-Haw Chu; Chunhui Rita Du; Hailong Wang Nature Communications (accepted)

Summary

This work demonstrates quantum imaging of spin-orbit torque dynamics in an all-vdW heterostructure.

My contribution

I separated field-like and damping-like torque contributions and analyzed the critical current densities required for deterministic switching, clarifying the SOT and STT interplay in the Fe3GaTe2 and hBN system.