中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (3): 37202-037202.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/3/037202

所属专题: Virtual Special Topic — Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Spin-independent transparency of pure spin current at normal/ferromagnetic metal interface

Runrun Hao(郝润润), Hai Zhong(钟海), Yun Kang(康韵), Yufei Tian(田雨霏), Shishen Yan(颜世申), Guolei Liu(刘国磊), Guangbing Han(韩广兵), Shuyun Yu(于淑云), Liangmo Mei(梅良模), Shishou Kang(康仕寿)   

  1. School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 收稿日期:2017-09-28 修回日期:2017-12-14 出版日期:2018-03-05 发布日期:2018-03-05
  • 通讯作者: Shishou Kang E-mail:skang@sdu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB921502), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11474184 and 11627805), the 111 Project, China (Grant No. B13029), and the Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University, China.

Spin-independent transparency of pure spin current at normal/ferromagnetic metal interface

Runrun Hao(郝润润), Hai Zhong(钟海), Yun Kang(康韵), Yufei Tian(田雨霏), Shishen Yan(颜世申), Guolei Liu(刘国磊), Guangbing Han(韩广兵), Shuyun Yu(于淑云), Liangmo Mei(梅良模), Shishou Kang(康仕寿)   

  1. School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • Received:2017-09-28 Revised:2017-12-14 Online:2018-03-05 Published:2018-03-05
  • Contact: Shishou Kang E-mail:skang@sdu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB921502), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11474184 and 11627805), the 111 Project, China (Grant No. B13029), and the Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University, China.

摘要:

The spin transparency at the normal/ferromagnetic metal (NM/FM) interface was studied in Pt/YIG/Cu/FM multilayers. The spin current generated by the spin Hall effect (SHE) in Pt flows into Cu/FM due to magnetic insulator YIG blocking charge current and transmitting spin current via the magnon current. Therefore, the nonlocal voltage induced by an inverse spin Hall effect (ISHE) in FM can be detected. With the magnetization of FM parallel or antiparallel to the spin polarization of pure spin currents (σsc), the spin-independent nonlocal voltage is induced. This indicates that the spin transparency at the Cu/FM interface is spin-independent, which demonstrates that the influence of spin-dependent electrochemical potential due to spin accumulation on the interfacial spin transparency is negligible. Furthermore, a larger spin Hall angle of Fe20Ni80 (Py) than that of Ni is obtained from the nonlocal voltage measurements.

关键词: spin transparency, spin current, magnetic insulator, inverse Hall effect

Abstract:

The spin transparency at the normal/ferromagnetic metal (NM/FM) interface was studied in Pt/YIG/Cu/FM multilayers. The spin current generated by the spin Hall effect (SHE) in Pt flows into Cu/FM due to magnetic insulator YIG blocking charge current and transmitting spin current via the magnon current. Therefore, the nonlocal voltage induced by an inverse spin Hall effect (ISHE) in FM can be detected. With the magnetization of FM parallel or antiparallel to the spin polarization of pure spin currents (σsc), the spin-independent nonlocal voltage is induced. This indicates that the spin transparency at the Cu/FM interface is spin-independent, which demonstrates that the influence of spin-dependent electrochemical potential due to spin accumulation on the interfacial spin transparency is negligible. Furthermore, a larger spin Hall angle of Fe20Ni80 (Py) than that of Ni is obtained from the nonlocal voltage measurements.

Key words: spin transparency, spin current, magnetic insulator, inverse Hall effect

中图分类号:  (Spin transport through interfaces)

  • 72.25.Mk
72.25.Rb (Spin relaxation and scattering) 72.25.-b (Spin polarized transport) 75.70.Cn (Magnetic properties of interfaces (multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures))