Role of damping in spin Seebeck effect in yttrium iron garnet thin films

Chang, Houchen; Praveen Janantha, P. A.; Ding, Jinjun; Liu, Tao; Cline, Kevin; Gelfand, Joseph N.; Li, Wei; Marconi, Mario C.; Wu, Mingzhong

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1601614

Title: Role of damping in spin Seebeck effect in yttrium iron garnet thin films

Journal Article · 07 April 2017 · Science Advances

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1601614 · OSTI ID:1418633

^[1]; Praveen Janantha, P. A. ^[1];

^[1]; Liu, Tao ^[1]; Cline, Kevin ^[1];

^[1]; Li, Wei ^[2];

^[2]; Wu, Mingzhong ^[1]

Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology and Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The role of damping in the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) was studied experimentally for the first time. The experiments used Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ (YIG)/Pt bilayered structures where the YIG films exhibit very similar structural and static magnetic properties but very different damping. The data show that a decrease in the damping gives rise to an increase in the SSE coefficient, which is qualitatively consistent with some of the theoretical models. This response also shows quasi-linear behavior, which was not predicted explicitly by previous studies. The data also indicate that the SSE coefficient shows no notable correlations with the enhanced damping due to spin pumping, which can be understood in the frame of two existing models.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012670

OSTI ID:: 1418633

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1388920

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Vol. 3, Issue 4; ISSN 2375-2548

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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