Generation of out-of-plane polarized spin current in (permalloy, Cu)/EuS interfaces
The generation of out-of-plane polarized spin current is crucial for efficiently manipulating perpendicularly magnetized systems used in high-density magnetic recording. Here, we demonstrate the generation of out-of-plane polarized spin current at room temperature using an insulator, EuS. By employing angleresolved spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance, we find a large unconventional out-of-plane torque conductivity, sigma zDL = -0.13 x 105( h over bar /2e) (S2 m)-1 in the Py(= Ni81Fe19)/EuS bilayer, which is comparable to the conventional in-plane dampinglike torque conductivity, sigma yDL. Additionally, a giant in-plane fieldlike torque (sigma zFL) with a magnitude of 27 times larger than that of the conventional out-of-plane fieldlike torque (sigma yFL) is also observed in the Py/EuS bilayer. The unconventional torques due to the out-of-plane polarized spin current (sigma zDL and sigma zFL) persist even by inserting a 10-nm-thick Cu layer between Py and EuS. Our findings demonstrate that the unconventional torques in these systems originate from the interfaces through spin swapping and/or spin-orbit precession mechanisms.
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2024-02-12
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Funder | Grant Number |
Ministry of Human Resource Development under the IMPRINT program | 7519 |
Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) , Science and Engineering research board (SERB) | CRG/2018/001012 |
Joint Advanced Technology Centre at IIT Delhi, Grand Challenge Project, IIT Delhi | |
Department of Science and Technology under the Nanomission program | SR/NM/NT-1041/2016 (G) |
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) , India | |
IIT Madras | IP21221798PHNFSC008989 |
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) , India | SRG/2022/000438 |
JSPS through "Research program for Young Scientists" | 19 J21720 |
RIKEN IPA Program | |