Evidence of Pure Spin-Current Generated by Spin Pumping in Interface-Localized States in Hybrid Metal-Silicon-Metal Vertical Structures.
NANO LETTERS 2019;
19:90-99. [PMID:
30472859 DOI:
10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03386]
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Abstract
Due to the difficulty of growing high-quality semiconductors on ferromagnetic metals, the study of spin diffusion transport in Si was limited to lateral geometry devices. In this work, by using an ultrahigh-vacuum wafer-bonding technique, we have successfully fabricated metal-semiconductor-metal CoFeB/MgO/Si/Pt vertical structures. We hereby demonstrate pure spin-current injection and transport in the perpendicular current flow geometry over a distance larger than 2 μm in n-type Si at room temperature. In those experiments, a pure propagating spin current is generated via ferromagnetic resonance spin pumping and converted into a measurable voltage by using the inverse spin Hall effect occurring in the top Pt layer. A systematic study varying both Si and MgO thicknesses reveals the important role played by the localized states at the MgO-Si interface for the spin-current generation. Proximity effects involving indirect exchange interactions between the ferromagnet and the MgO-Si interface states appears to be a prerequisite to establishing the necessary out-of-equilibrium spin population in Si under the spin-pumping action.
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