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Quantification of the spin-Hall anti-damping torque with a resonance spectrometer

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906062· OSTI ID:22399116
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  1. Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 (United States)
  2. Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 (United States)
We present a simple technique using a cavity-based resonance spectrometer to quantify the anti-damping torque due to the spin Hall effect. Modification of ferromagnetic resonance is observed as a function of small DC current in sub-mm-wide strips of bilayers, consisting of magnetically soft FeGaB and strong spin-Hall metal Ta. From the detected current-induced linewidth change, we obtain an effective spin Hall angle of 0.08–0.09 independent of the magnetic layer thickness. Our results demonstrate that a sensitive resonance spectrometer can be a general tool to investigate spin Hall effects in various material systems, even those with vanishingly low conductivity and magnetoresistance.
OSTI ID:
22399116
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 106; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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