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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…

The spin mixing conductance (SMC) is a key quantity determining efficiency of spin transport across interfaces. Thus, knowledge of its precise value is required for accurate measurement of parameters quantifying numerous effects in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 Kapildeb Dolui , Utkarsh Bajpai , Branislav K. Nikolic

Heusler alloy Co2FeAl was employed as ferromagnetic layers in Co2FeAl/Ru/Co2FeAl synthetic antiferromagnet structures. The experimental results show that the structure with a Ru thickness of 0.45 nm takes on strongly antiferromagnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 X. G. Xu , D. L. Zhang , X. Q. Li , J. Bao , Y. Jiang

Engineering of magnetic materials for developing better spintronic applications relies on the control of two key parameters: the spin polarization and the Gilbert damping responsible for the spin angular momentum dissipation. Both of them…

Three-dimensional (3D) topological insulators are known for their strong spin-orbit coupling and the existence of spin-textured topological surface states which could be potentially exploited for spintronics. Here, we investigate spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-31 Mahdi Jamali , Joon Sue Lee , Yang Lv , Zhengyang Zhao , Nitin Samarth , Jian-Ping Wang

We have deposited polycrystalline Re doped $(Fe_{65}Co_{35})_{100-x}Re_{x}$ (0 $\leq$ x $\leq$ 12.6 at\%) thin films grown under identical conditions and sandwiched between thin layers of Ru in order to study the phenomenon of spin pumping…

Spin backflow and spin-memory loss have been well established to considerably lower the interfacial spin transmissivity of metallic magnetic interfaces and thus the energy efficiency of spin-orbit torque technologies. Here we report that…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-03-15 Lijun Zhu , Lujun Zhu , Robert Buhrman

Magnetic heterostructures that combine large spin-orbit torque efficiency, perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, and low resistivity are key to develop electrically-controlled memory and logic devices. Here we report on vector measurements of…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-01-10 Abhijit Ghosh , Kevin Garello , Can Onur Avci , Mihai Gabureac , Pietro Gambardella

Pure spin current has transfigured the energy-efficient spintronic devices and it has the salient characteristic of transport of the spin angular momentum. Spin pumping is a potent method to generate pure spin current and for its increased…

Motivated by recent experiments [P. Vaidya {\em et al.}, Science {\bf 368}, 160 (2020)] on spin pumping from sub-THz radiation-driven uniaxial antiferromagnetic insulator (AFI) MnF$_2$ into heavy metal (HM) Pt hosting strong spin-orbit (SO)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-29 Kapildeb Dolui , Abhin Suresh , Branislav K. Nikolic

Recent studies rediscovered the crucial role of field-like spin orbit torque (SOT) in nanosecond-timescale SOT dynamics. However, there is not yet an effective way to control its relative amplitude. Here, we experimentally modulate the…

The relative contribution of spin pumping and spin rectification from the ferromagnetic resonance of CoFeB/non-magnetic bilayers was investigated as a function of non-magnetic electrode resistance. Samples with highly resistive electrodes…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-19 Dong-Jun Kim , Sang-Il Kim , Seung-Young Park , Kyeong-Dong Lee , Byong-Guk Park

The electron spin in a semiconductor quantum dot can be coherently controlled by an external electric field, an effect called electric-dipole spin resonance (EDSR). Several mechanisms can give rise to the EDSR effect, among which there is a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-15 Rui Li

Future applications of spin-orbit torque will require new mechanisms to improve the efficiency for switching nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), while also controlling the magnetic dynamics to achieve fast, nanosecond scale…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Shengjie Shi , Yongxi Ou , S. V. Aradhya , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman

In this review, we present recent theoretical developments on spin transport phenomena probed by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) modulation in two-dimensional systems coupled to magnetic materials. We first address FMR linewidth enhancements…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-28 Yuya Ominato , Masaki Yama , Ai Yamakage , Mamoru Matsuo , Takeo Kato

We present a thorough study of spin-to-charge current interconversion in bulk and thin films of (0001) {\alpha}-Fe2O3 /Pt heterostructures by means of all-optical polarization-controlled microwave excitation at sub-Terahertz frequencies.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-19 Gregory Fritjofson , Atul Regmi , Jacob Hanson-Flores , Justin Michel , Junyu Tang , Fengyuan Yang , Ran Cheng , Enrique Del Barco

We report magnetoresistance measurements on thin Pt bars grown on epitaxial (001) and (111) CoFe2O4 (CFO) ferrimagnetic insulating films. The results can be described in terms of the recently discovered spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR).…

The control of recently observed spintronic effects in topological-insulator/ferromagnetic-metal (TI/FM) heterostructures is thwarted by the lack of understanding of band structure and spin texture around their interfaces. Here we combine…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-28 J. M. Marmolejo-Tejada , K. Dolui , P. Lazic , P. -H. Chang , S. Smidstrup , D. Stradi , K. Stokbro , B. K. Nikolic

Ferromagnetic spintronics has been a main focus as it offers non-volatile memory and logic applications through current-induced spin-transfer torques. Enabling wider applications of such magnetic devices requires a lower switching current…

The direct manipulation of spins via light may provide a path toward ultrafast energy-efficient devices. However, distinguishing the microscopic processes that can occur during ultrafast laser excitation in magnetic alloys is challenging.…