Thermal stability of the spin injection in Co/Ag/Co lateral spin valves<xref rid="cpb_27_9_097202fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_9_097202fn1"><label>*</label><p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11304381 and 11374244), the Research Funds of Renmin University of China (Grant No. 17XNLF02), the Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China (Grant No. 201443), and the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (Grant No. 2015J06016).</p></fn>

Thermal stability of the spin injection in Co/Ag/Co lateral spin valves**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11304381 and 11374244), the Research Funds of Renmin University of China (Grant No. 17XNLF02), the Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China (Grant No. 201443), and the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (Grant No. 2015J06016).

Wang Le¹, Chen Lu-Chen¹, Liu Wen-Yu¹, Han Shuo¹, Wang Weiwei^{1, 2}, Lu Zhanjie¹, Chen Shan-Shan^{1, †}

(color online) (a) Top view of the shadow mask consisting of 300-nm-PMMA and 700-nm-MMA. (b) Side view of the shadow mask along the dash line in (a). (c) SEM image of a Co/Ag/Co lateral spin valve. The center to center distance (L) between the injector (Co1) and the detector (Co2) is 400 nm.