Spin current generation by acousto-electric evanescent wave

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Autori principali: Kawada, Takuya, Kawaguchi, Masashi, Yamamoto, Kei, Matsumoto, Hiroki, Hisatomi, Ryusuke, Kohno, Hiroshi, Maekawa, Sadamichi, Hayashi, Masamitsu
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author Kawada, Takuya
Kawaguchi, Masashi
Yamamoto, Kei
Matsumoto, Hiroki
Hisatomi, Ryusuke
Kohno, Hiroshi
Maekawa, Sadamichi
Hayashi, Masamitsu
author_facet Kawada, Takuya
Kawaguchi, Masashi
Yamamoto, Kei
Matsumoto, Hiroki
Hisatomi, Ryusuke
Kohno, Hiroshi
Maekawa, Sadamichi
Hayashi, Masamitsu
contents We experimentally demonstrate that a spin current can be induced by the acousto-electric evanescent wave, an electric field associated with surface acoustic waves (SAWs) that decay along the surface normal. A previous study showed that a magnetic-field-dependent dc voltage (acoustic voltage) emerges in heavy metal (HM)/ferromagnet (FM) bilayers under excitation of SAWs. The effect, referred to as the acoustic spin Hall effect, was understood by assuming a SAW-induced ac spin current rectified by the oscillation of the FM layer magnetization and the inverse spin Hall effect. However, the mechanism of the spin current generation remained unidentified. Here we measure the acoustic voltage as a function of the SAW propagation direction relative to the crystalline orientation of a LiNbO$_3$ substrate. We find that the magnetic field angle dependence of the acoustic voltage exhibits a phase shift depending on the SAW propagation direction. The result is consistently explained in terms of the acousto-electric evanescent wave generating the spin current in HM layer via the spin Hall effect, thus clarifies the origin of the acoustic spin Hall effect.
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spellingShingle Spin current generation by acousto-electric evanescent wave
Kawada, Takuya
Kawaguchi, Masashi
Yamamoto, Kei
Matsumoto, Hiroki
Hisatomi, Ryusuke
Kohno, Hiroshi
Maekawa, Sadamichi
Hayashi, Masamitsu
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We experimentally demonstrate that a spin current can be induced by the acousto-electric evanescent wave, an electric field associated with surface acoustic waves (SAWs) that decay along the surface normal. A previous study showed that a magnetic-field-dependent dc voltage (acoustic voltage) emerges in heavy metal (HM)/ferromagnet (FM) bilayers under excitation of SAWs. The effect, referred to as the acoustic spin Hall effect, was understood by assuming a SAW-induced ac spin current rectified by the oscillation of the FM layer magnetization and the inverse spin Hall effect. However, the mechanism of the spin current generation remained unidentified. Here we measure the acoustic voltage as a function of the SAW propagation direction relative to the crystalline orientation of a LiNbO$_3$ substrate. We find that the magnetic field angle dependence of the acoustic voltage exhibits a phase shift depending on the SAW propagation direction. The result is consistently explained in terms of the acousto-electric evanescent wave generating the spin current in HM layer via the spin Hall effect, thus clarifies the origin of the acoustic spin Hall effect.
title Spin current generation by acousto-electric evanescent wave
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17291