Title
Ferrimagnet GdFeCo Characterization for Spin-Orbitronics: Large Field-Like and Damping-Like Torques
Date Issued
01 June 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Damas H.
Anadon A.
Céspedes-Berrocal D.
Alegre-Saenz J.
Bello J.L.
Arriola-Córdova A.
Migot S.
Ghanbaja J.
Copie O.
Hehn M.
Cros V.
Petit-Watelot S.
Universidad de Lorraine
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
Spintronics is showing promising results in the search for new materials and effects to reduce energy consumption in information technology. Among these materials, ferrimagnets are of special interest because they can produce large spin currents that trigger the magnetization dynamics of adjacent layers or even their own magnetization. Herein, a study of the generation of spin current by GdFeCo in a GdFeCo/Cu/NiFe trilayer where the FeCo sublattice magnetization is dominant at room temperature is presented. Magnetic properties such as the saturation magnetization are deduced from magnetometry measurements while damping constant is estimated from spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR). It is shown that the overall damping-like (DL) and field-like (FL) effective fields as well as the associated spin Hall angles can be reliably obtained by performing the dependence of ST-FMR by an added dc current. The sum of the spin Hall angles for both the spin Hall effect (SHE) and the spin anomalous Hall effect (SAHE) symmetries is: (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.). From the symmetry of ST-FMR signals, it is found that (Formula presented.) is positive and dominated by the negative (Formula presented.). The present study paves the way for tuning the different symmetries in spin conversion in highly efficient ferrimagnetic systems.
Volume
16
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85127473240
Source
Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters
ISSN of the container
18626254
Source funding
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Sponsor(s)
The authors acknowledge A. Fert for fruitful discussions. This work was supported by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France) under contract ANR-19-CE24-0016-01 (TOPTRONIC), ANR-20-CE24-0023 (CONTRABASS), and ANR-17-CE24-0025 (TOPSKY), by the French PIA project “Lorraine Université d’Excellence”, reference ANR-15IDEX-04-LUE, and by the « SONOMA» project co-funded by FEDER-FSE Lorraine et Massif des Vosges 2014-2020, a European Union Program. D.C.B. and J.A.S. also thank 2019 and 2021 Master-LUE program internship. Devices in the present study were patterned at MiNaLor clean-room platform which was partially supported by FEDER and Grand Est Region through the RaNGE project.
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