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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2018 Apr 11;10(14):12031-12041. doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b00384. Epub 2018 Mar 30.

Magnetoresistance in Hybrid Pt/CoFe.

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Hari Babu Vasili, Matheus Gamino, Jaume Gàzquez, Florencio Sánchez, Manuel Valvidares, Pierluigi Gargiani, Eric Pellegrin, Josep Fontcuberta

Affiliations

  1. ALBA Synchrotron Light Source , Cerdanyola del Vallès, E-08290 Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain.
  2. Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) , Campus UAB , 08193 Bellaterra , Catalonia , Spain.

PMID: 29546753 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b00384

Abstract

Pure spin currents have potential for use in energy-friendly spintronics. They can be generated by a flow of charge along a nonmagnetic metal with large spin-orbit coupling. This produces a spin accumulation at the surfaces, controllable by the magnetization of an adjacent ferromagnetic layer. Paramagnetic metals typically used are close to ferromagnetic instability and thus magnetic proximity effects can contribute to the observed angular-dependent magnetoresistance (ADMR). As interface phenomena govern the spin conductance across the metal/ferromagnetic-insulator heterostructures, unraveling these distinct contributions is pivotal for a full understanding of spin current conductance. Here, we report X-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) at Pt M and (Co, Fe) L absorption edges and atomically resolved energy electron loss spectroscopy (EELS) data of Pt/CoFe

Keywords: platinum; proximity effects; spin Hall effect; spin currents; spinel thin films; spintronics

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