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Generation of spin currents by surface plasmon resonance

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  • K. Uchida

    (Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
    PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

  • H. Adachi

    (Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
    CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

  • D. Kikuchi

    (Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
    WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University)

  • S. Ito

    (Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University)

  • Z. Qiu

    (WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University)

  • S. Maekawa

    (Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
    CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

  • E. Saitoh

    (Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
    Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
    CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency
    WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University)

Abstract

Surface plasmons, free-electron collective oscillations in metallic nanostructures, provide abundant routes to manipulate light–electron interactions that can localize light energy and alter electromagnetic field distributions at subwavelength scales. The research field of plasmonics thus integrates nano-photonics with electronics. In contrast, electronics is also entering a new era of spintronics, where spin currents play a central role in driving devices. However, plasmonics and spin-current physics have so far been developed independently. Here we report the generation of spin currents by surface plasmon resonance. Using Au nanoparticles embedded in Pt/BiY2Fe5O12 bilayer films, we show that, when the Au nanoparticles fulfill the surface-plasmon-resonance conditions, spin currents are generated across the Pt/BiY2Fe5O12 interface. This spin-current generation cannot be explained by conventional heating effects, requiring us to introduce nonequilibrium magnons excited by surface-plasmon-induced evanescent electromagnetic fields in BiY2Fe5O12. This plasmonic spin pumping integrates surface plasmons with spin-current physics, opening the door to plasmonic spintronics.

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  • K. Uchida & H. Adachi & D. Kikuchi & S. Ito & Z. Qiu & S. Maekawa & E. Saitoh, 2015. "Generation of spin currents by surface plasmon resonance," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-8, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms6910
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6910
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    1. Masakazu Matsubara & Takatsugu Kobayashi & Hikaru Watanabe & Youichi Yanase & Satoshi Iwata & Takeshi Kato, 2022. "Polarization-controlled tunable directional spin-driven photocurrents in a magnetic metamaterial with threefold rotational symmetry," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.

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