Enhanced THz emission from spintronic emitters with Pt-Al alloys

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Main Authors: Janus, Felix, Beermann, Nicolas, Yadav, Jyoti, Lekha, Reshma Rajeev, Zhang, Wentao, Hafez, Hassan A., Turchinovich, Dmitry, Meinert, Markus
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author Janus, Felix
Beermann, Nicolas
Yadav, Jyoti
Lekha, Reshma Rajeev
Zhang, Wentao
Hafez, Hassan A.
Turchinovich, Dmitry
Meinert, Markus
author_facet Janus, Felix
Beermann, Nicolas
Yadav, Jyoti
Lekha, Reshma Rajeev
Zhang, Wentao
Hafez, Hassan A.
Turchinovich, Dmitry
Meinert, Markus
contents Platinum (Pt) is the element with the largest spin Hall conductivity and is known as the most efficient spin-to-charge conversion material in spintronic THz emitters. By alloying with aluminum (Al), its resistivity can be substantially increased, exceeding $100\,μΩ$cm. While the spin Hall conductivity is reduced by alloying, the relative resistivity increase surpasses the reduction of spin Hall conductivity and thereby enhances the spin Hall angle. We make use of this mechanism to improve the commonly used Pt-based spintronic THz emitter and demonstrate that an increase of 67% in the THz emission amplitude can be achieved between 20\% and 30\% Al in Pt. We show that the enhanced THz emission amplitude is driven by the enhanced multilayer impedance due to the larger resistivity.
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spellingShingle Enhanced THz emission from spintronic emitters with Pt-Al alloys
Janus, Felix
Beermann, Nicolas
Yadav, Jyoti
Lekha, Reshma Rajeev
Zhang, Wentao
Hafez, Hassan A.
Turchinovich, Dmitry
Meinert, Markus
Materials Science
Platinum (Pt) is the element with the largest spin Hall conductivity and is known as the most efficient spin-to-charge conversion material in spintronic THz emitters. By alloying with aluminum (Al), its resistivity can be substantially increased, exceeding $100\,μΩ$cm. While the spin Hall conductivity is reduced by alloying, the relative resistivity increase surpasses the reduction of spin Hall conductivity and thereby enhances the spin Hall angle. We make use of this mechanism to improve the commonly used Pt-based spintronic THz emitter and demonstrate that an increase of 67% in the THz emission amplitude can be achieved between 20\% and 30\% Al in Pt. We show that the enhanced THz emission amplitude is driven by the enhanced multilayer impedance due to the larger resistivity.
title Enhanced THz emission from spintronic emitters with Pt-Al alloys
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.07614