Interface-dependent magnetotransport properties for thin Pt films on ferrimagnetic YFeO

塩見 雄毅*; 大谷 隆史*; 井口 敏*; 佐々木 孝彦*; Qiu, Z.*; 中山 裕康*; 内田 健一*; 齊藤 英治

Applied Physics Letters, 104(24), p.242406_1 - 242406_5, 2014/06

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4883898

We have studied magnetoresistance and Hall effects for 1.8-nm-thick Pt films grown on a ferrimagnetic insulator YFeO in a wide temperature (0.46-300 K) and magnetic-field (-15 to 15 T) region. In the low-temperature regime where quantum corrections to conductivity are observed, weak antilocalization behavior observed in Pt films is critically suppressed when the film is attached to YFeO. Hall resistance in the Pt film is also affected by YFeO, and it exhibits logarithmic temperature dependence in a broad temperature range. The magnetotransport properties in the high-field range are significantly influenced by the interface between Pt and YFeO.