Spin-hall-active platinum thin films grown via atomic layer deposition

We study the magnetoresistance of yttrium iron garnet/Pt heterostructures in which the Pt layer was grown via atomic layer deposition (ALD). Magnetotransport experiments in three orthogonal rotation planes reveal the hallmark features of spin Hall magnetoresistance. To estimate the spin transport pa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2018-06, Vol.112 (24)
Hauptverfasser: Schlitz, Richard, Amusan, Akinwumi Abimbola, Lammel, Michaela, Schlicht, Stefanie, Tynell, Tommi, Bachmann, Julien, Woltersdorf, Georg, Nielsch, Kornelius, Goennenwein, Sebastian T. B., Thomas, Andy
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Zusammenfassung:We study the magnetoresistance of yttrium iron garnet/Pt heterostructures in which the Pt layer was grown via atomic layer deposition (ALD). Magnetotransport experiments in three orthogonal rotation planes reveal the hallmark features of spin Hall magnetoresistance. To estimate the spin transport parameters, we compare the magnitude of the magnetoresistance in samples with different Pt thicknesses. We check the spin Hall angle and the spin diffusion length of the ALD Pt layers against the values reported for high-quality sputter-deposited Pt films. The spin diffusion length of 1.5 nm agrees well with that of platinum thin films reported in the literature, whereas the spin Hall magnetoresistance Δ ρ / ρ = 2.2 × 10 − 5 is approximately a factor of 20 smaller compared to that of our sputter-deposited films. Our results demonstrate that ALD allows fabricating spin-Hall-active Pt films of suitable quality for use in spin transport structures. This work provides the basis to establish conformal ALD coatings for arbitrary surface geometries with spin-Hall-active metals and could lead to 3D spintronic devices in the future.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.5025472