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Title: Unidirectional anisotropy in the spin pumping voltage in yttrium iron garnet/platinum bilayers

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631683· OSTI ID:22027737

Detailed measurements of the dc voltage generated in a thin Pt layer deposited on films of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) have been carried out to study the spin pumping effect produced by magnetostatic (MS) modes excited by a microwave field. In relatively thick YIG films the modes are far apart so that one can identify clearly the spin pumping voltage in V{sub SP} produced by each MS mode. We have discovered that when the sputter deposition of the thin Pt layer is made on the YIG film magnetized by a static magnetic field, V{sub SP} exhibits a strong unidirectional anisotropy.

OSTI ID:
22027737
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 99, Issue 10; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English