Proximity effect of spin orbit coupling in Pt/Co2FeAl and Pt/Permalloy bilayers_810571

Proximity effect of spin orbit coupling is investigated through anomalous Hall effect in Pt/Co2FeAl and Pt/Permalloy bilayers. A series of nontrivial magnetotransport behaviors, resulting from a strong impact of phonons on skew scattering, is observed in these films with ultrathin ferromagnetic laye...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2013-09
Main Authors: Yan-Qing, Zhang, Niu-Yi, Sun, Shan, Rong, Zhen-Gang Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coupling
Ferromagnetic materials
Ferrous alloys
Hall effect
Magnetic alloys
Proximity
Proximity effect (electricity)
Scattering
Tantalum
Thickness
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Summary:Proximity effect of spin orbit coupling is investigated through anomalous Hall effect in Pt/Co2FeAl and Pt/Permalloy bilayers. A series of nontrivial magnetotransport behaviors, resulting from a strong impact of phonons on skew scattering, is observed in these films with ultrathin ferromagnetic layers. The parameters representing skew scattering, side jump and intrinsic contributions are dramatically enhanced when the ferromagnetic layer is very thin, and they have clear linear dependences on the reciprocal of ferromagnetic layer thickness, indicating a powerful influence of Pt/Ferromagnet interface. Further study on Cu/Co2FeAl and Ta/Co2FeAl bilayers reveals that a simple interface scattering without intense spin orbit coupling is not sufficient to trigger such a phenomenon. The proximity effect of spin orbit coupling is thus suggested to occur at the Pt/Ferromagnet interface, and as a result quite large anomalous Hall angle (0.036) and Nernst angle (0.23) are confirmed in the Pt/CFA films at room temperature.
ISSN:2331-8422