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Switching of magnetization by spin–orbit torque in the (Ga,Mn)(As,P) film was studied with currents along ⟨100⟩ crystal directions and an in-plane magnetic field bias. This geometry allowed us to identify the presence of two independent spin–orbit-induced magnetic fields: the Rashba field and the Dresselhaus field. Specifically, we observe that when the in-plane bias field is along the current (I[Formula: see text]H bias ), switching is dominated by the Rashba field, while the Dresselhaus field dominates magnetization reversal when the bias field is perpendicular to the current (I ⊥ H bias ). In our experiments, the magnitudes of the Rashba and Dresselhaus fields were determined to be 2.0 and 7.5 Oe, respectively, at a current density of 8.0 × 10 5 A/cm 2 . 

We demonstrate that the introduction of an elemental beam of Mn during the molecular beam epitaxial growth of Bi₂Se₃results in the formation of layers of Bi₂MnSe₄that intersperse between layers of pure Bi₂Se₃. This study revises the assumption held by many who study magnetic topological insulators (TIs) that Mn incorporates randomly at Bi-substitutional sites during epitaxial growth of Mn:Bi₂Se₃. Here, we report the formation of thin film magnetic TI Bi₂MnSe₄with stoichiometric composition that grows in a self-assembled multilayer heterostructure with layers of Bi₂Se₃, where the number of Bi₂Se₃layers separating the single Bi₂MnSe₄layers is approximately defined by the relative arrival rate of Mn ions to Bi and Se ions during growth, and we present its compositional, structural, and electronic properties. We support a model for the epitaxial growth of Bi₂MnSe₄in a near-periodic self-assembled layered heterostructure with Bi₂Se₃with corresponding theoretical calculations of the energetics of this material and those of similar compositions. Computationally derived electronic structure of these heterostructures demonstrates the existence of topologically nontrivial surface states at sufficient thickness.