Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have shown commendable properties for spintronic applications. From the device perspective, the structural quality of the TMD as well as its interface with the adjacent ferromagnetic (FM) layer is of paramount importance. Here, we present the spin-dynamic behaviour in the widely studied TMDs, , MoS using CoFeB (CoFeB), , in MoS(1-4 layers)/CoFeB(4-15 nm) heterostructures, both in the as-grown state and in the annealed state (400 °C in a vacuum).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTopological insulators (TIs) are the promising materials for next-generation technology due to their exotic features such as spin momentum locking, conducting surface states, etc. However, the high-quality growth of TIs by sputtering technique, which is one of the foremost industrial requirements, is extremely challenging. Also, the demonstration of simple investigation protocols to characterize topological properties of TIs using electron-transport methods is highly desirable.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpin gapless semiconductors (SGSs) are an intriguing class of quantum materials that bridge the gap between half-metallic ferromagnets and semiconductors. The presence of a semiconducting bandgap for one spin channel and zero band gap for other spin channels, together with the possibility of four different band structure configurations, makes them one of the most desirable candidates to be used in tunable spin transport based spintronics devices. Here, we have performed various structural, magnetic and transport measurements on an optimized CoFeCrGa (CFCG) Heusler alloy thin film (∼50 nm) grown over a Si(100) substrate using an industry-viable magnetron sputtering technique.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpin pumping has been considered a powerful tool to manipulate the spin current in a ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic (FM/NM) system, where the NM part exhibits large spin-orbit coupling (SOC). In this work, the spin pumping in β-W/Interlayer (IL)/CoFeAl (CFA) heterostructures grown on Si(100 is systematically investigated with different ILs in which SOC strength ranges from weak to strong. We first measure the spin pumping through the enhancement of effective damping in CFA by varying the thickness of β-W.
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