Nonlocal Uniform-Mode Ferromagnetic Resonance Spin Pumping

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Abstract

Nonlocal spin transport using lateral structures is attractive for spintronic devices. Typically, a spin current is generated by a ferromagnetic (FM) or a heavy metal (HM) electrode in a nonlocal structure, which can be detected by another FM or HM electrode. Here, we report a new nonlocal spin injection scheme using uniform-mode ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) spin pumping in Pt/ Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) lateral structures. This scheme is enabled by well separated resonant fields of Pt/YIG and bare YIG due to substantial change of anisotropy in YIG films induced by a Pt overlayer, allowing for clearly distinguishable local and nonlocal spin pumping. Our results show that the spin decay length of nonlocal uniform-mode spin pumping in 20 nm YIG films is 2.1 μm at room temperature. The first observation of the nonlocal spin pumping through high efficiency angular momentum transfer from the uniform FMR mode in a resonant region into a nonresonant region opens up a new path for spin current generation, propagation, and detection in future spintronic applications.

*This work supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, under Grant FA9550-19-1-0307, Center for Emergent Materials, under Grant DMR-2011876, and Department of Energy, under Grants DE-SC0001304.

Presenters

  • Yang Cheng

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
    • Deparment of Physics, The Ohio State University
    • Physics, The Ohio State University
    • Department of Physics, Ohio State University

Authors

  • Yang Cheng

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
    • Deparment of Physics, The Ohio State University
    • Physics, The Ohio State University
    • Department of Physics, Ohio State University
  • Aidan J Lee

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
    • Physics, Ohio State University
  • Guanzhong Wu

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
    • Deparment of Physics, The Ohio State University
  • Denis Pelekhov

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
    • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University
  • P Chris Hammel

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
    • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University
    • Deparment of Physics, The Ohio State University
  • Fengyuan Yang

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
    • Deparment of Physics, The Ohio State University
    • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University
    • Physics, The Ohio State University
    • Department of Physics, Ohio State University
    • The Ohio State University
    • Physics, Ohio State University
    • Physics Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210