Enhanced spin Seebeck effect signal due to spin-momentum locked topological surface states

Jiang, Zilong; Chang, Cui -Zu; Masir, Massoud Ramezani; Tang, Chi; Xu, Yadong; Moodera, Jagadeesh S.; MacDonald, Allan H.; Shi, Jing

doi:10.1038/ncomms11458

Title: Enhanced spin Seebeck effect signal due to spin-momentum locked topological surface states

Journal Article · Wed May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11458· OSTI ID:1257629

Jiang, Zilong ^[1]; Chang, Cui -Zu ^[2]; Masir, Massoud Ramezani ^[3]; Tang, Chi ^[1]; Xu, Yadong ^[1]; Moodera, Jagadeesh S. ^[2]; MacDonald, Allan H. ^[3]; Shi, Jing ^[1]

Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Spin-momentum locking in protected surface states enables efficient electrical detection of magnon decay at a magnetic-insulator/topological-insulator heterojunction. Here we demonstrate this property using the spin Seebeck effect (SSE), that is, measuring the transverse thermoelectric response to a temperature gradient across a thin film of yttrium iron garnet, an insulating ferrimagnet, and forming a heterojunction with (Bi_xSb_1–x)₂Te₃, a topological insulator. The non-equilibrium magnon population established at the interface can decay in part by interactions of magnons with electrons near the Fermi energy of the topological insulator. When this decay channel is made active by tuning (Bi_xSb_1–x)₂Te₃ into a bulk insulator, a large electromotive force emerges in the direction perpendicular to the in-plane magnetization of yttrium iron garnet. Lastly, the enhanced, tunable SSE which occurs when the Fermi level lies in the bulk gap offers unique advantages over the usual SSE in metals and therefore opens up exciting possibilities in spintronics.

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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)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012670

OSTI ID:: 1257629

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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