Room-temperature generation of giant pure spin currents using Co$_2$FeSi spin injectors

Details Room-temperature generation of giant pure spin currents using Co$_2$FeSi spin injectors Room-temperature generation of giant pure spin currents using Co$_2$FeSi spin injectors

2011-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/1108.0156v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

16 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

Generation, manipulation, and detection of a pure spin current, i.e., the flow of spin angular momentum without a charge current, are prospective approaches for realizing next-generation spintronic devices with ultra low electric power consumptions. Conventional ferromagnetic electrodes such as Co and NiFe have so far been utilized as a spin injector for generating the pure spin currents in nonmagnetic channels. However, the generation efficiency of the pure spin currents is extremely low at room temperature, giving rise to a serious obstacle for device applications. Here, we demonstrate the generation of giant pure spin currents at room temperature in lateral spin valve devices with a highly ordered Heusler-compound Co$_2$FeSi spin injector. The generation efficiency of the pure spin currents for the Co$_2$FeSi spin injectors reaches approximately one hundred times as large as that for NiFe ones, indicating that Heusler-compound spin injectors enable us to materialize a high-performance lateral spin device. The present study is a technological jump in spintronics and indicates the great potential of ferromagnetic Heusler compounds with half metallicity for generating pure spin currents.

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