Negative spin Hall magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic Cr2O3/Ta bilayer at low temperature region

We demonstrate the negative spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) observed in antiferromagnetic Cr2O3/Ta bilayers at low temperature. The SMR signals are changed from the positive to negative magnitude when monotonously reducing the temperature from 300 K to 50 K. The positive and negative SMR signals a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2018-06, Vol.112 (23)
Hauptverfasser: Ji, Yang, Miao, J., Zhu, Y. M., Meng, K. K., Xu, X. G., Chen, J. K., Wu, Y., Jiang, Y.
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Zusammenfassung:We demonstrate the negative spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) observed in antiferromagnetic Cr2O3/Ta bilayers at low temperature. The SMR signals are changed from the positive to negative magnitude when monotonously reducing the temperature from 300 K to 50 K. The positive and negative SMR signals are expected to be associated with the two different ways for injection of the spin current, into the boundary ferromagnetic region and the bulk antiferromagnetic region of α-Cr2O3 (0001), respectively. The slopes of the abnormal Hall curves exhibit the same sign with the SMR signal. From the SMR ratio under 3 T, the spin mixing conductance at the Cr2O3/Ta interface is estimated to be 1.12 × 1014 Ω−1·m−2, which is comparable to the one observed in the Y3Fe5O12(YIG)/Pt structure and our early results of the Cr2O3/W structure.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.5026555