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Enhancement of spin transparency by interfacial alloying

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

Lijun Zhu
Daniel Ralph
Robert Buhrman

Abstract

We report that atomic-layer alloying (intermixing) at a Pt/Co interface can increase, by approximately 30%, rather than degrade the interfacial spin transparency, and thereby strengthen the efficiency of the dampinglike spin-orbit torque arising from the spin Hall effect in the Pt. At the same time, this interfacial alloying substantially reduces fieldlike spin-orbit torque. Insertion of an ultrathin magnetic alloy layer at heavy-metal/ferromagnet interfaces represents an effective approach for improving interfacial spin transparency that may enhance not only spin-orbit torques but also the spin detection efficiency in inverse spin Hall experiments. © 2019 American Physical Society.

Date Published

Journal

American Physical Society (APS)

Volume

99

Issue

18

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85066410731&doi=10.1103%2fPhysRevB.99.180404&partnerID=40&md5=b0890d4fa99514dcad625b9b3b6bd953

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.99.180404

Funding Source

DMR-1719875
1719875
ECCS-1542081
N00014-15-1-2449

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