Interfacial alloying contributions to the magnetic proximity effect in Pt/dysprosium iron garnet

Gross, Miela J.; Herrero-Martin, Javier; Valencia, Sergio; Grutter, Alexander J.; Borchers, Julie A.; Choi, Yongseong; Fabbris, Gilberto; Kaczmarek, Allison C.; Kossak, Alexander E.; Bauer, Jackson J.; Kundu, Subhajit; Ghosh, Supriya; Mkhoyan, K. Andre; Wittmann, Angela; Ross, Caroline A.

doi:10.1103/7jdl-hkpp

Interfacial alloying contributions to the magnetic proximity effect in Pt/dysprosium iron garnet

Journal Article · Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · Physical Review. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/7jdl-hkpp· OSTI ID:2575120

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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, Cerdanyola del Valles (Spain)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), (Germany). German Research Centre for Materials and Energy
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Neutron Research
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Mainz (Germany)

The magnetic proximity effect (MPE), a magnetic response from a heavy metal layer induced by an adjacent magnetic layer, plays an important role in the behavior of heavy-metal/ferro- or ferrimagnet thin film heterostructures. However, in the case of heavy-metal/rare earth iron garnet bilayers the presence and magnitude of the MPE has been debated. We previously reported an MPE in a Pt/dysprosium iron garnet (DyIG) heterostructure where the two layers were grown without breaking vacuum, finding that the magnetic moment present in the Pt layer scales with the magnitude of the DyIG moment and varies nonmonotonically through the DyIG compensation temperature. However, the origin of the magnetic signal from the Pt layer was not identified. In contrast, Pt/DyIG grown with a vacuum break did not exhibit an MPE. Here we investigate the origin of the magnetic moment in the Pt layer using x-ray absorption spectroscopy, x-ray circular dichroism, composition mapping and simulations of ion bombardment. In conclusion, the results are consistent with the presence of an intermixed Fe-Dy-Pt interfacial alloy layer formed during the growth of the Pt on the DyIG and resulting in a measurable MPE.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2575120

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 112; ISSN 2469-9969; ISSN 2469-9950

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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