{
  "id": "1404.2311",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2014-04-08T21:44:47.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-02-18T18:04:50.000Z",
  "title": "Modulation of pure spin currents with a ferromagnetic insulator",
  "authors": [
    "Estitxu Villamor",
    "Miren Isasa",
    "Saül Vélez",
    "Amilcar Bedoya-Pinto",
    "Paolo Vavassori",
    "Luis E. Hueso",
    "F. Sebastian Bergeret",
    "Fèlix Casanova"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages and 4 figures + supplemental material (10 pages, 7 figures)",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 91, 020403 (2015)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.91.020403",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci"
  ],
  "abstract": "We propose and demonstrate spin manipulation by magnetically controlled modulation of pure spin currents in cobalt/copper lateral spin valves, fabricated on top of the magnetic insulator Y$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$ (YIG). The direction of the YIG magnetization can be controlled by a small magnetic field. We observe a clear modulation of the non-local resistance as a function of the orientation of the YIG magnetization with respect to the polarization of the spin current. Such a modulation can only be explained by assuming a finite spin-mixing conductance at the Cu/YIG interface, as it follows from the solution of the spin-diffusion equation. These results open a new path towards the development of spin logics.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2014-04-08T21:44:47.000Z",
      "title": "Magnetic gating of pure spin currents",
      "abstract": "We propose and demonstrate a novel way of spin manipulation by magnetically controlled gating of pure spin currents in cobalt/copper lateral spin valves, fabricated on top of the magnetic insulator Y$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$ (YIG). The direction of the YIG magnetization can be controlled by a small magnetic field. We observe a clear modulation of the non-local resistance as a function of the orientation of the YIG magnetization with respect to the polarization of the spin current. Such a modulation can only be explained by assuming a finite spin-mixing conductance at the Cu/YIG interface, as it follows from the solution of the spin diffusion equation. These results open a new path towards the development of spin logics",
      "comment": "12 pages",
      "journal": null,
      "doi": null,
      "authors": [
        "Estitxu Villamor",
        "Miren Isasa",
        "Saül Vélez",
        "Amilcar Bedoya-Pinto",
        "Luis E. Hueso",
        "F. S. Bergeret",
        "Fèlix Casanova"
      ]
    },
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2015-02-18T18:04:50.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "72.25.Ba",
      "72.25.Mk",
      "75.47.Lx"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "pure spin currents",
      "ferromagnetic insulator",
      "modulation",
      "cobalt/copper lateral spin valves",
      "yig magnetization"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2015,
      "month": "Jan",
      "volume": 91,
      "number": 2,
      "pages": "020403"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2015PhRvB..91b0403V"
    }
  }
}