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We investigate the antiferromagnetic spin Seebeck effect across the spin-flop transition in a numerical simulation based on the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation for a bilayer of a uniaxial insulating antiferromagnet and an adjacent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Yutaka Yamamoto , Masanori Ichioka , Hiroto Adachi

How magnetism affects the Seebeck effect is an important issue widely concerned in the thermoelectric community yet remaining elusive. Based on a thermodynamic analysis of spin degrees of freedom on varied $d$-electron based ferro- and…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-15 Peijie Sun , K. Ramesh Kumar , Meng Lyu , Zhen Wang , Junsen Xiang , Wenqing Zhang

We evaluated the thermoelectric properties of longitudinal spin Seebeck devices by using ten different transition metals (TMs). Both the intensity and sign of spin Seebeck coefficients were noticeably dependent on the degree of the inverse…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-08-14 M. Ishida , A. Kirihara , H. Someya , K. Uchida , S. Kohmoto , E. Saitoh , T. Murakami

Our joint theoretical and computer experimental study of heat-to-spin conversion reveals that noncollinear antiferromagnetic insulators are promising materials for generating magnon spin currents upon application of a temperature gradient:…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-11 Alexander Mook , Robin R. Neumann , Jürgen Henk , Ingrid Mertig

We present a theory of the Seebeck effect in nanomagnets with dimensions smaller than the spin diffusion length, showing that the spin accumulation generated by a temperature gradient strongly affects the thermopower. We also identify a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-03 Dmitry V. Fedorov , Martin Gradhand , Katarina Tauber , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Ingrid Mertig

The resistance of a ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet (F/S/F) spin valve near its superconducting transition temperature, $T_c$, depends on the state of magnetization of the F layers. This phenomenon, known as spin switch effect (SSE),…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-03-03 J. Zhu , X. Cheng , C. Boone , I. N. Krivorotov

We have experimentally determined the spin-dependent Seebeck coefficient of permalloy (Ni_{80}Fe_{20}) and cobalt (Co) using nanopillar spin valve devices. The devices were specifically designed to completely separate heat related effects…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-24 F. K. Dejene , J. Flipse , B. J. van Wees

A hybrid system which consists of a superconducting (SC) Pb film (100 nm thickness) containing $\sim$1 vol% single domain ferromagnetic (FM) Co particles of mean-size $\sim$4.5 nm reveal unusual magnetic properties: (i) a controlled…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 Y. T. Xing , H. Micklitz , T. G. Rappoport , E. Baggio-Saitovitch

Searching for novel spin caloric effects in antiferromagnets we study the properties of thermally activated magnons in the presence of an external spin current and temperature gradient. We predict the spin Peltier effect -- generation of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Olena Gomonay , Kei Yamamoto , Jairo Sinova

The spin-Seebeck effect refers to voltage signals induced in metals by thermally driven spin currents in adjacent magnetic systems. We present a theory of the spin-Seebeck signal in the case where the conductor that supports the voltage…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 Nobuyuki Okuma , Massoud Ramezani Masir , Allan H. MacDonald

We develop a theory of the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) in paramagnets as well as in antiferromagnets at elevated temperatures where the classical limit of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem is applicable. Employing dissipative stochastic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-27 Yutaka Yamamoto , Masanori Ichioka , Hiroto Adachi

We investigate spin transport by thermally excited spin waves in an antiferromagnetic insulator. Starting from a stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert phenomenology, we obtain the out-of-equilibrium spin-wave properties. In linear response to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-05 Scott A. Bender , Hans Skarsvåg , Arne Brataas , Rembert A. Duine

We theoretically investigate the Tunneling Anisotropic Magneto-Seebeck effect in a realistically-modeled CoPt|MgO|Pt tunnel junction using coherent transport calculations. For comparison we study the tunneling magneto-Seebeck effect in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-05 V. P. Amin , J. Zemen , J. Železný , T. Jungwirth , Jairo Sinova

The longitudinal spin Seebeck effect is measured on the ferromagnetic insulator Fe$_3$O$_4$ with the ferromagnetic metal Co$_{0.2}$Fe$_{0.6}$B$_{0.2}$ (CoFeB) as the spin detector. By using a non-magnetic spacer material between the two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-09 Stephen M. Wu , Jason Hoffman , John E. Pearson , Anand Bhattacharya

The interplay of charge, spin and heat transport is investigated in the fascinating research field of spin caloritronics, the marriage of spintronics and thermoelectrics. Here, many new spin-dependent thermal transport phenomena in magnetic…

Kagome magnets can combine non-trivial band topology and electron correlations, offering a versatile playground for various quantum phenomena. In this work we propose that kagome magnets with frustrated interlayer interactions can…

We report a longitudinal spin Seebeck effect (SSE) study in epitaxially grown FeF2(110) antiferromagnetic (AFM) thin films with strong uniaxial anisotropy over the temperature range of 3.8 - 250 K. Both the magnetic field- and…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-05-14 Junxue Li , Zhong Shi , Victor H. Ortiz , Mohammed Aldosary , Cliff Chen , Vivek Aji , Peng Wei , Jing Shi

The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) enables thermoelectric conversion through thermally generated spin currents in magnetic materials, offering a promising transverse geometry for scalable devices. However, conventional SSE devices are confined…

We report the superconducting properties of the Co/Pb/Co heterostructures with thin insulating interlayers. The main specific feature of these structures is the intentional oxidation of both superconductor/ferromagnet (S/F) interfaces. We…

We performed measurements of Py/Cu and Py/Ag lateral spin valves as function of injection current direction and magnitude. Above a 'critical' current, there is an unexpected dependence of spin injection on current direction. Positive…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-16 Mikhail Erekhinsky , Fèlix Casanova , Ivan K. Schuller , Amos Sharoni