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Anomalous Hall magnetoresistance in a ferromagnet

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  • Yumeng Yang

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Ziyan Luo

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Haijun Wu

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Yanjun Xu

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Run-Wei Li

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Stephen J. Pennycook

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Shufeng Zhang

    (University of Arizona)

  • Yihong Wu

    (National University of Singapore)

Abstract

The anomalous Hall effect, observed in conducting ferromagnets with broken time-reversal symmetry, offers the possibility to couple spin and orbital degrees of freedom of electrons in ferromagnets. In addition to charge, the anomalous Hall effect also leads to spin accumulation at the surfaces perpendicular to both the current and magnetization direction. Here, we experimentally demonstrate that the spin accumulation, subsequent spin backflow, and spin–charge conversion can give rise to a different type of spin current-related spin current related magnetoresistance, dubbed here as the anomalous Hall magnetoresistance, which has the same angular dependence as the recently discovered spin Hall magnetoresistance. The anomalous Hall magnetoresistance is observed in four types of samples: co-sputtered (Fe1−xMn x )0.6Pt0.4, Fe1−xMn x /Pt multilayer, Fe1−xMn x with x = 0.17–0.65 and Fe, and analyzed using the drift-diffusion model. Our results provide an alternative route to study charge–spin conversion in ferromagnets and to exploit it for potential spintronic applications.

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  • Yumeng Yang & Ziyan Luo & Haijun Wu & Yanjun Xu & Run-Wei Li & Stephen J. Pennycook & Shufeng Zhang & Yihong Wu, 2018. "Anomalous Hall magnetoresistance in a ferromagnet," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-04712-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04712-9
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