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High spin mixing conductance and spin interface transparency at $Co_2Fe_{0.4}Mn_{0.6}Si$ Heusler alloy and Pt interface

Materials Science 2019-11-07 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Ferromagnetic materials exhibiting low magnetic damping (α\alpha) and moderately high saturation magnetization are required from the viewpoints of generation, transmission and detection of spin wave. Since spin-to-charge conversion efficiency is another important parameter, high spin mixing conductance (grg_{r}^{\uparrow \downarrow}) is the key for efficient spin-to-charge conversion. Full Heusler alloys e.g. Co2Fe0.4Mn0.6SiCo_2Fe_{0.4}Mn_{0.6}Si (CFMS), which are predicted to be 100%\% spin polarized, possess low α\alpha. However, the grg_{r}^{\uparrow \downarrow} at the interface between CFMS and a paramagnet has not fully been understood. Here, we report the investigations of spin pumping and inverse spin Hall effect in CFMS/PtCFMS/Pt bilayers. Damping analysis indicates the presence of significant spin pumping at the interface of CFMS and Pt, which is also confirmed by the detection of inverse spin Hall voltage. We show that in CFMS/Pt the grg_{r}^{\uparrow \downarrow} (1.77×\times1020^{20}m2^{-2}) and interface transparency (84%\%) are higher compared to values reported for other ferromagnet/heavy metal systems.

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@article{arxiv.1911.02230,
  title  = {High spin mixing conductance and spin interface transparency at $Co_2Fe_{0.4}Mn_{0.6}Si$ Heusler alloy and Pt interface},
  author = {Braj Bhusan Singh and Koustuv Roy and Pushpendra Gupta and Takeshi Seki and Koki Takanashi and Subhankar Bedanta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.02230},
  year   = {2019}
}