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Topologically Driven Giant Effective Spin Mixing Conductance in Antiferromagnetic FeSn/Py Heterostructures

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-05-22 v1

Abstract

The topological semimetal FeSn antiferromagnet, characterized by its kagome lattice, two-dimensional flat bands, and Dirac-like surface states, holds immense promise for spintronic applications. In this work, for the first time, we investigate the spin pumping behavior in epitaxial-FeSn/Py (Ni80_{80}Fe20_{20}) heterostructures. We report a giant effective spin mixing conductance (geff^{\uparrow \downarrow}_{\mathrm{eff}}) of (116±7)(116\pm 7)~nm2^{-2}, which is nearly one order of magnitude higher than that of standard Pt/Py heterostructures. The insertion of a 3 nm Al spacer layer results in a two-fold reduction in the effective damping, confirming the interfacial origin of the large geff^{\uparrow\downarrow}_{\mathrm{eff}}. Consistently, we observe an order-of-magnitude higher inverse spin Hall effect voltage in the FeSn/Py system compared to a reference Pt/Py film stack. We attribute the giant geff^{\uparrow\downarrow}_{\mathrm{eff}} to the direct interfacing of the Py layer with the topologically active [001]-kagome surface of epitaxial-FeSn. These findings establish the critical role of topologically active interfaces for advanced quantum-material-based spintronic devices.

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@article{arxiv.2605.22180,
  title  = {Topologically Driven Giant Effective Spin Mixing Conductance in Antiferromagnetic FeSn/Py Heterostructures},
  author = {Kacho Imtiyaz Ali Khan and Nidhi Kandwal and Pankhuri Gupta and Deeksha Khandelwal and Akash Kumar and Johan Åkerman and Pranaba Kishor Muduli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.22180},
  year   = {2026}
}