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Spin-charge conversion in NiMnSb Heusler alloy films
Wen, Zhenchao, Qiu, Zhiyong, Tölle, Sebastian, Gorini, Cosimo
, Seki, Takeshi, Hou, Dazhi, Kubota, Takahide
, Eckern, Ulrich
, Saitoh, Eiji
and Takanashi, Koki
(2019)
Spin-charge conversion in NiMnSb Heusler alloy films.
Science Advances 5 (12).
Date of publication of this fulltext: 15 Mar 2019 07:16
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.38435
Abstract
Half-metallic Heusler alloys are attracting considerable attention because of their unique half-metallic band structures, which exhibit high spin polarization and yield huge magnetoresistance ratios. Besides serving as ferromagnetic electrodes, Heusler alloys also have the potential to host spin-charge conversion. Here, we report on the spin-charge conversion effect in the prototypical Heusler ...
Half-metallic Heusler alloys are attracting considerable attention because of their unique half-metallic band structures, which exhibit high spin polarization and yield huge magnetoresistance ratios. Besides serving as ferromagnetic electrodes, Heusler alloys also have the potential to host spin-charge conversion. Here, we report on the spin-charge conversion effect in the prototypical Heusler alloy NiMnSb. An unusual charge signal was observed with a sign change at low temperature, which can be manipulated by film thickness and ordering structure. It is found that the spin-charge conversion has two contributions. First, the interfacial contribution causes a negative voltage signal, which is almost constant versus temperature. The second contribution is temperature dependent because it is dominated by minority states due to thermally excited magnons in the bulk part of the film. This work provides a pathway for the manipulation of spin-charge conversion in ferromagnetic metals by interface-bulk engineering for spintronic devices.
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| Item type | Article | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Science Advances | ||||||
| Publisher: | AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE | ||||||
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| Place of Publication: | WASHINGTON | ||||||
| Volume: | 5 | ||||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 12 | ||||||
| Date | 13 December 2019 | ||||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics | ||||||
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| Keywords | ELECTRON-MAGNON INTERACTIONS; ITINERANT FERROMAGNETISM; ROOM-TEMPERATURE; ORBIT TORQUE; | ||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||||
| Status | Published | ||||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Partially | ||||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-384358 | ||||||
| Item ID | 38435 |
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