Exchange-field enhancement of superconducting spin pumping
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A recent ferromagnetic resonance study [Jeon et al., Nat. Mater. 17, 499 (2018)] has reported that spin pumping into a singlet superconductor (Nb) can be greatly enhanced over the normal state when the Nb is coupled to a large spin-orbit-coupling (SOC) spin sink such as Pt. This behavior has been explained in terms of the generation of spin-polarized triplet supercurrents via SOC at the Nb/Pt interface, acting in conjunction with a nonlocally induced magnetic exchange field. Here we report the effect of adding a ferromagnet (Fe) to act as an internal source of an additional exchange field to the adjacent Pt spin sink. This dramatically enhances the spin pumping efficiency in the superconducting state compared with either Pt and Fe separately, demonstrating the critical role of the exchange field in generating superconducting spin currents in the Nb.
Date Issued
2019-01-01
Date Acceptance
2018-12-22
Citation
Physical Review B, 2019, 99 (2)
ISSN
2469-9950
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review B
Volume
99
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2019 American Physical Society.
Sponsor
The Leverhulme Trust
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Grant Number
RPG-2016-306
RG81276
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Physics
FERROMAGNETIC-RESONANCE LINEWIDTH
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
024507
Date Publish Online
2019-01-15