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Title: Spin Hall Effects in Metallic Antiferromagnets

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
  2. Forschungszentrum Julich (Germany). Peter Grunberg Inst. Inst. for Advanced Simulation

In this paper, we investigate four CuAu-I-type metallic antiferromagnets for their potential as spin current detectors using spin pumping and inverse spin Hall effect. Nontrivial spin Hall effects were observed for FeMn, PdMn, and IrMn while a much higher effect was obtained for PtMn. Using thickness-dependent measurements, we determined the spin diffusion lengths of these materials to be short, on the order of 1 nm. The estimated spin Hall angles of the four materials follow the relationship PtMn > IrMn > PdMn > FeMn, highlighting the correlation between the spin-orbit coupling of nonmagnetic species and the magnitude of the spin Hall effect in their antiferromagnetic alloys. These experiments are compared with first-principles calculations. Finally, engineering the properties of the antiferromagnets as well as their interfaces can pave the way for manipulation of the spin dependent transport properties in antiferromagnet-based spintronics.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Forschungszentrum Juelich (Germany)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); German Research Foundation (DFG)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; VH-NG-513; SPP 1538
OSTI ID:
1356655
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1181195
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 113, Issue 19; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 271 works
Citation information provided by
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