Table 1 Spin Hall angle θSH, electrical conductivity σ, spin Hall conductivity σSH, and SOT normalized power consumption Pn of several heavy metals and topological insulators.

From: Ultrahigh efficient spin orbit torque magnetization switching in fully sputtered topological insulator and ferromagnet multilayers

SOT materials

|θSH|

σ−1 m−1)

|σSH|[(ħ/2e) Ω−1 m−1]

Pn

Ta

0.15

5.3 × 105

8.0 × 104

1

Pt

0.08

4.2 × 106

3.4 × 105

3.6 × 10–1

W

0.4

4.7 × 105

1.9 × 105

1.6 × 10–1

(Bi0.07Sb0.93)2Te3 (MBE)

2.5

1.8 × 104

4.5 × 104

3.0 × 10–1

Bi2Se3 (MBE)

3.5

5.7 × 104

2.0 × 105

2.1 × 10–2

BixSei1-x (sputtered)

18.6

7.8 × 103

1.5 × 105

2.6 × 10–2

Bi0.85Sb0.15 (sputtered)

10.7

1.5 × 105

1.6 × 106

5.2 × 10–4