Coherent Transfer of Spin Angular Momentum by Evanescent Spin Waves within Antiferromagnetic NiO

Dąbrowski, Maciej; Nakano, Takafumi; Burn, David M.; Frisk, Andreas; Newman, David G.; Klewe, Christoph; Li, Qian; Yang, Mengmeng; Shafer, Padraic; Arenholz, Elke; Hesjedal, Thorsten; van der Laan, Gerrit; Qiu, Zi Q.; Hicken, Robert J.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.124.217201

Coherent Transfer of Spin Angular Momentum by Evanescent Spin Waves within Antiferromagnetic NiO

Journal Article · Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.217201· OSTI ID:1633292

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University of Exeter, Exeter (United Kingdom)
University of Exeter, Exeter (United Kingdom); National Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba (Japan). Spintronics Research Center
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source, Ltd.
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Clarendon Lab.

Insulating antiferromagnets are efficient and robust conductors of spin current. To realise the full potential of these materials within spintronics, the outstanding challenges are to demonstrate scalability down to nanometric lengthscales and the transmission of coherent spin currents. Here, we report the coherent transfer of spin angular momentum by excitation of evanescent spin waves of GHz frequency within antiferromagnetic NiO at room temperature. Using element-specific and phase-resolved x-ray ferromagnetic resonance, we probe the injection and transmission of ac spin current, and demonstrate that insertion of a few nanometre thick epitaxial NiO(001) layer between a ferromagnet and non-magnet can even enhance the flow of spin current. Our results pave the way towards coherent control of the phase and amplitude of spin currents at the nanoscale, and enable the realization of spin-logic devices and spin current amplifiers that operate at GHz and THz frequencies.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1633292

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 124; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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