TY - JOUR
T1 - Giant Dampinglike-Torque Efficiency in Naturally Oxidized Polycrystalline TaAs Thin Films
AU - Yanez, Wilson
AU - Ou, Yongxi
AU - Xiao, Run
AU - Ghosh, Supriya
AU - Dwivedi, Jyotirmay
AU - Steinebronn, Emma
AU - Richardella, Anthony
AU - Mkhoyan, K. Andre
AU - Samarth, Nitin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Physical Society.
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - We report the measurement of efficient charge-to-spin conversion at room temperature in Weyl semimetal-ferromagnet heterostructures with both oxidized and pristine interfaces. Polycrystalline films of the Weyl semimetal, TaAs, are grown by molecular beam epitaxy on (001) GaAs and interfaced with a metallic ferromagnet (Ni0.8Fe0.2). Spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST FMR) measurements yield a spin-torque ratio as large as ?FMR=0.45±0.25 in samples with an oxidized interface. By studying ST FMR in these samples with varying Ni0.8Fe0.2 layer thickness, we find that the dampinglike-torque efficiency is ?DL=1.36±0.66. In samples with a pristine (unoxidized) interface, the spin-torque ratio is ?FMR=-0.27±0.14 and has opposite sign to that observed in oxidized samples. We also find a lower bound on the spin Hall conductivity (424±110?/e S/cm), which is surprisingly consistent with theoretical predictions for the single-crystal Weyl semimetal state of TaAs.
AB - We report the measurement of efficient charge-to-spin conversion at room temperature in Weyl semimetal-ferromagnet heterostructures with both oxidized and pristine interfaces. Polycrystalline films of the Weyl semimetal, TaAs, are grown by molecular beam epitaxy on (001) GaAs and interfaced with a metallic ferromagnet (Ni0.8Fe0.2). Spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST FMR) measurements yield a spin-torque ratio as large as ?FMR=0.45±0.25 in samples with an oxidized interface. By studying ST FMR in these samples with varying Ni0.8Fe0.2 layer thickness, we find that the dampinglike-torque efficiency is ?DL=1.36±0.66. In samples with a pristine (unoxidized) interface, the spin-torque ratio is ?FMR=-0.27±0.14 and has opposite sign to that observed in oxidized samples. We also find a lower bound on the spin Hall conductivity (424±110?/e S/cm), which is surprisingly consistent with theoretical predictions for the single-crystal Weyl semimetal state of TaAs.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.054004
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.054004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85143201105
SN - 2331-7019
VL - 18
JO - Physical Review Applied
JF - Physical Review Applied
IS - 5
M1 - 054004
ER -