Tuesday, April 23, 2013

1304.5890 (Y. Ando et al.)

Giant enhancement of spin pumping efficiency using Fe3Si ferromagnet    [PDF]

Y. Ando, K. Ichiba, S. Yamada, E. Shikoh, T. Shinjo, K. Hamaya, M. Shiraishi
Spincurrentronics, which involves the generation, propagation and control of spin currents, has attracted a great deal of attention because of the possibility of realizing dissipation-free information propagation. Whereas electrical generation of spin currents originally made the field of spincurrentronics possible, and significant advances in spin-current devices has been made, novel spin-current-generation approaches such as dynamical methods have also been vigorously investigated. However, the low spin-current generation efficiency associated with dynamical methods has impeded further progress towards practical spin devices. Here we show that by introducing a Heusler-type ferromagnetic material, Fe3Si, pure spin currents can be generated about twenty times more efficiently using a dynamical method. This achievement paves the way to the development of novel spin-based devices.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.5890

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