The 65h JSAP Spring Meeting, 2018

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CS Code-sharing session » CS6 10.1 & 10.2 & 10.3 Code-sharing session

[19p-D104-1~6] CS6 10.1 & 10.2 & 10.3 Code-sharing session

Mon. Mar 19, 2018 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM D104 (56-104)

Hiroaki Sukegawa(NIMS)

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

[19p-D104-1] Observation of spin-transfer torque induced by spin anomalous Hall effect

Satoshi Iihama1, Tomohiro Taniguchi1, Kay Yakushiji1, Akio Fukushima1, Yoichi Shiota1, Sumito Tsunegi1, Ryo Hiramatsu1, Shinji Yuasa1, Yoshishige Suzuki1,2, Hitoshi Kubota1 (1.AIST, 2.Osaka Univ.)

Keywords:spin anomalous Hall effect

The anomalous Hall effect (AHE) is a well-known phenomenon observed in ferromagnet (FM). Recently, it was theoretically demonstrated that spin direction of spin current generated by AHE can be controlled by the magnetization direction in FM, which will be an attracted technique to perform the spin-transfer torque switching of a perpendicularly magnetized film without external magnetic field [1]. In this study, we observed the spin-transfer torque generated by the AHE in FM, which we named spin anomalous Hall effect (SAHE).
We prepared Si / SiO sub. / CoFeB (20) / Cu (6) / NiFe (4) / MgO (thickness in nm) trilayer schematically illustrated in Fig. 1(a). The film was patterned into the stripe shape as shown in Fig. 1(b). We injected the radio frequency (RF) current into the stripe with the frequency of 12 GHz. The RF Oersted field created by the RF current excites a ferromagnetic resonance (FMR). Simultaneously, a direct spin current is generated by the SAHE in FM1 (CoFeB layer). The spin current modulates the FMR linewidth in FM2 (NiFe layer). The RF current and the oscillating anisotropic magnetoresistance due to the magnetization precession give a direct voltage having a shape of antisymmetric Lorentzian.
Figure 1(c) shows the FMR spectra of NiFe layer measured with different DC bias currents. The modulation of linewidth by injecting DC bias current was observed, which indicates the existence of SAHE. The field angle dependence of the modulation of linewidth was also studied, which was found to agree with the theoretical model of SAHE. The spin anomalous Hall angle, which is an efficiency of the spin current generation, was evaluated to be -0.14±0.05 [2].
[1] T. Taniguchi et al. Phys. Rev. Appl. 3, 044001 (2015). [2] S. Iihama et al. Submitted 2017.