We investigated the voltages obtained in a thin Pt strip on a Permalloy film which was subject to in-plane temperature gradients and magnetic fields. The voltages detected by thin W-tips or bond wires showed a purely symmetric effect with respect to the external magnetic field which can be fully explained by the planar Nernst effect (PNE). To verify the influence of the contacts measurements in vacuum and atmosphere were compared and gave similar results. We explain that a slightly in-plane tilted temperature gradient only shifts the field direction dependence but does not cancel out the observed effects. Additionally, the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) could be induced by using thick Au-tips which generated a heat current perpendicular to the sample plane. The effect can be manipulated by varying the temperature of the Au-tips. These measurements are discussed concerning their relevance in transverse spin Seebeck effect measurements.
We fabricated Pt/NiO/Pt capacitor structures with various bottom electrode thicknesses, $t_{BE}$, and investigated their resistance switching behaviors. The capacitors with $t_{BE} geq 50$ nm exhibited typical unipolar resistance memory switching, while those with $t_{BE} leq 30$ nm showed threshold switching. This interesting phenomenon can be explained in terms of the temperature-dependent stability of conducting filaments. In particular, the thinner $t_{BE}$ makes dissipation of Joule heat less efficient, so the filaments will be at a higher temperature and become less stable. This study demonstrates the importance of heat dissipation in resistance random access memory.
We report an enhancement of the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) in Ni/Pt (001) epitaxial superlattices. The transport and magneto-thermoelectric properties were investigated for the Ni/Pt superlattices with various Ni layer thicknesses (${it t}$). The anomalous Nernst coefficient was increased up to more than 1 ${mu}$V K$^{-1}$ for 2.0 nm ${leq}$ ${it t}$ ${leq}$ 4.0 nm, which was the remarkable enhancement compared to the bulk Ni. It has been found that the large transverse Peltier coefficient (${alpha}$$_{xy}$), reaching ${alpha}$$_{xy}$ = 4.8 A K$^{-1}$ m$^{-1}$ for ${it t}$ = 4.0 nm, plays a prime role for the enhanced ANE of the Ni/Pt (001) superlattices.
We measure the ordinary and the anomalous Hall effect in a set of yttrium iron garnet$|$platinum (YIG$|$Pt) bilayers via magnetization orientation dependent magnetoresistance experiments. Our data show that the presence of the ferrimagnetic insulator YIG leads to an anomalous Hall like signature in Pt, sensitive to both Pt thickness and temperature. Interpretation of the experimental findings in terms of the spin Hall anomalous Hall effect indicates that the imaginary part of the spin mixing interface conductance $G_{mathrm{i}}$ plays a crucial role in YIG$|$Pt bilayers. In particular, our data suggest a sign change in $G_{mathrm{i}}$ between $10,mathrm{K}$ and $300,mathrm{K}$. Additionally, we report a higher order Hall effect, which appears in thin Pt films on YIG at low temperatures.
We observe the magnetic proximity effect (MPE) in Pt/CoFe2O4 bilayers grown by molecular beam epitaxy. This is revealed through angle-dependent magnetoresistance measurements at 5 K, which isolate the contributions of induced ferromagnetism (i.e. anisotropic magnetoresistance) and spin Hall effect (i.e. spin Hall magnetoresistance) in the Pt layer. The observation of induced ferromagnetism in Pt via AMR is further supported by density functional theory calculations and various control measurements including insertion of a Cu spacer layer to suppress the induced ferromagnetism. In addition, anomalous Hall effect measurements show an out-of-plane magnetic hysteresis loop of the induced ferromagnetic phase with larger coercivity and larger remanence than the bulk CoFe2O4. By demonstrating MPE in Pt/CoFe2O4, these results establish the spinel ferrite family as a promising material for MPE and spin manipulation via proximity exchange fields.
We investigate in this paper the origin of perpendicular anisotropy in Co (1.6 nm)/Pt (3.0 nm) bilayers grown on alumina and annealed up to 650$^{circ}$C. Above 350$^{circ}$C, all layers exhibit perpendicular anisotropy. Then coercive fields increase linearly with annealing temperature following two different rates: 0.05 T/100$^{circ}$C below 550$^{circ}$C and 0.8 T/100$^{circ}$C above. By making careful structural characterizations using x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, we demonstrate the presence of short range correlation of L1$_{1}$ type below 550$^{circ}$C whereas above 550$^{circ}$C, L1$_{0}$ chemical ordering is observed. We conclude that perpendicular anisotropy observed in Co/Pt bilayers grown on alumina and annealed may not only be due to interface anisotropy as usually invoked but also to CoPt alloying and chemical ordering that take place during post-growth annealing.