Lack of correlation between the spin-mixing conductance and the inverse spin Hall effect generated voltages in CoFeB/Pt and CoFeB/Ta bilayers

Autor: Sascha Keller, Björn Heinz, M. R. Schweizer, A. Conca, E. Th. Papaioannou, Burkard Hillebrands
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Physical Review B. 95
ISSN: 2469-9969
2469-9950
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.95.174426
Popis: We investigate spin pumping phenomena in polycrystalline CoFeB/Pt and CoFeB/Ta bilayers and the correlation between the effective spin-mixing conductance ${g}_{\mathrm{eff}}^{\ensuremath{\uparrow}\ensuremath{\downarrow}}$ and the obtained voltages generated by the spin-to-charge current conversion via the inverse spin Hall effect in the Pt and Ta layers. For this purpose, we measure the in-plane angular dependence of the generated voltages on the external static magnetic field and we apply a model to separate the spin pumping signal from the one generated by the spin rectification effect in the magnetic layer. Our results reveal a dominating role of anomalous Hall effect for the spin rectification effect with CoFeB and a lack of correlation between ${g}_{\mathrm{eff}}^{\ensuremath{\uparrow}\ensuremath{\downarrow}}$ and inverse spin Hall voltages pointing to a strong role of the magnetic proximity effect in Pt in understanding the observed increased damping. This is additionally reflected on the presence of a linear dependency of the Gilbert damping parameter on the Pt thickness.
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