Heat-induced damping modification in yttrium iron garnet/platinum hetero-structures

イットリウム鉄ガーネット/プラチナヘテロ構造中の熱による減衰補正

Jungfleisch, M. B.*; 安 東秀*; 安藤 和也*; 梶原 瑛祐*; 内田 健一*; Vasyuchka, V. I.*; Chumak, A. V.*; Serga, A. A.*; 齊藤 英治; Hillebrands, B.*

Jungfleisch, M. B.*; An, Toshu*; Ando, Kazuya*; Kajiwara, Yosuke*; Uchida, Kenichi*; Vasyuchka, V. I.*; Chumak, A. V.*; Serga, A. A.*; Saito, Eiji; Hillebrands, B.*

We experimentally demonstrate the manipulation of magnetization relaxation utilizing a temperature difference across the thickness of an yttrium iron garnet/platinum hetero-structure: the damping is either increased or decreased depending on the sign of the temperature gradient. This effect might be explained by a thermally induced spin torque on the magnetization precession. The heat-induced variation of the damping is detected by microwave techniques as well as by a DC voltage caused by spin pumping into the adjacent Pt layer and the subsequent conversion into a charge current by the inverse spin Hall effect.