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Spin current generated by thermally driven ultrafast demagnetization

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  • Gyung-Min Choi

    (and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1304 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Center for Spintronics Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

  • Byoung-Chul Min

    (Center for Spintronics Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

  • Kyung-Jin Lee

    (Korea University)

  • David G. Cahill

    (and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1304 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA)

Abstract

Spin current is the key element for nanoscale spintronic devices. For ultrafast operation of such nano-devices, generation of spin current in picoseconds, a timescale that is difficult to achieve using electrical circuits, is highly desired. Here we show thermally driven ultrafast demagnetization of a perpendicular ferromagnet leads to spin accumulation in a normal metal and spin transfer torque in an in-plane ferromagnet. The data are well described by models of spin generation and transport based on differences and gradients of thermodynamic parameters. The temperature difference between electrons and magnons is the driving force for spin current generation by ultrafast demagnetization. On longer timescales, a few picoseconds following laser excitation, we also observe a small contribution to spin current by a temperature gradient and the spin-dependent Seebeck effect.

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  • Gyung-Min Choi & Byoung-Chul Min & Kyung-Jin Lee & David G. Cahill, 2014. "Spin current generated by thermally driven ultrafast demagnetization," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms5334
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5334
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    1. Kyuhwe Kang & Hiroki Omura & Daniel Yesudas & OukJae Lee & Kyung-Jin Lee & Hyun-Woo Lee & Tomoyasu Taniyama & Gyung-Min Choi, 2023. "Spin current driven by ultrafast magnetization of FeRh," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.

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