arXiv · 1902.03564
Unconventional anomalous Hall effect in 3d/5d multilayers mediated by the nonlocal spin-conductivity
Abstract
We evidenced unconventionnal Anomalous Hall Effects (AHE) in 3d/5d (Co0.2nm/Ni0.6nm)N multilayers grown on a thin Pt layer or thin Au:W alloy. The inversion observed on AHE originates from the opposite sign of the spin-orbit coupling of Pt compared to Ni. Via advanced simulations methods for the description of the spin-current profiles based on the spin-dependent Boltzmann formalism, we extracted the spin Hall angle (SHA) of Pt and (Co/Ni) as well as the relevant transport parameters. The extracted SHA for Pt, +20%, is opposite to the one of (Co/Ni), giving rise to an effective AHE inversion for thin (Co/Ni) multilayers (N < 17). The spin Hall angle in Pt is found to be larger than the one previously measured in combined spin-pumping inverse spin-Hall effect experiments in a geometry of current perpendicular to plane. Whereas magnetic proximity effects cannot explain the effect, spin-current leakage and anisotropic electron scattering at Pt/(Co,Ni) interfaces fit the experiments.
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T. Huong Dang, Q. Barbedienne, Q. D. To, E. Rongione, N. Reyren, F. Godel, S. Collin, J. M. George, H. Jaffrès. 2019-02-10. Unconventional anomalous Hall effect in 3d/5d multilayers mediated by the nonlocal spin-conductivity. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.144405
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