Spin pumping during the antiferromagnetic–ferromagnetic phase transition of iron–rhodium

Yuyan Wang; Martin M. Decker; Thomas N. G. Meier; Xianzhe Chen; Cheng Song; Tobias Grünbaum; Weisheng Zhao; Junying Zhang; Lin Chen; Christian H. Back

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14061-w

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Spin pumping during the antiferromagnetic–ferromagnetic phase transition of iron–rhodium

Yuyan Wang,
Martin M. Decker,
Thomas N. G. Meier,
Xianzhe Chen,
Cheng Song,
Tobias Grünbaum,
Weisheng Zhao,
Junying Zhang,
Lin Chen,
Christian H. Back

Affiliations

Yuyan Wang: Department of Physics, Beihang University
Martin M. Decker: Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich
Thomas N. G. Meier: Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich
Xianzhe Chen: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Cheng Song: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Tobias Grünbaum: Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Regensburg
Weisheng Zhao: Fert Beijing Research Institute, Beihang University
Junying Zhang: Department of Physics, Beihang University
Lin Chen: Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich
Christian H. Back: Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14061-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Iron–rhodium is a promising material for antiferromagnetic (AFM) spintronics applications. Here, the authors demonstrate a strong enhancement of damping during the ferromagnetic (FM) to AFM phase transition caused by lateral spin pumping from FM domains to the AFM matrix.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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