Observation of magnon-mediated current drag in Pt/yttrium iron garnet/Pt(Ta) trilayers

Junxue Li; Yadong Xu; Mohammed Aldosary; Chi Tang; Zhisheng Lin; Shufeng Zhang; Roger Lake; Jing Shi

doi:10.1038/ncomms10858

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Observation of magnon-mediated current drag in Pt/yttrium iron garnet/Pt(Ta) trilayers

Junxue Li,
Yadong Xu,
Mohammed Aldosary,
Chi Tang,
Zhisheng Lin,
Shufeng Zhang,
Roger Lake,
Jing Shi

Affiliations

Junxue Li: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
Yadong Xu: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
Mohammed Aldosary: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
Chi Tang: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
Zhisheng Lin: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
Shufeng Zhang: Department of Physics, University of Arizona
Roger Lake: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California
Jing Shi: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10858
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Future spintronic devices may be based on the transport of electronic spin without an associated charge current in thin film materials. Here, the authors demonstrate the interconversion of spin current at the interface between a normal metal and magnetic insulator via magnon-mediated current drag.

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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