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Chen, Y.-T.*; Takahashi, Saburo*; Nakayama, Hiroyasu*; Althammer, M.*; Goennenwein, S. T. B.*; Saito, Eiji; Bauer, G. E. W.*
Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 28(10), p.103004_1 - 103004_15, 2016/03
Times Cited Count：91 Percentile：61.37(Physics, Condensed Matter)We review the so-called spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) in bilayers of a magnetic insulator and a metal, in which spin currents are generated in the normal metal by the spin Hall effect. The associated angular momentum transfer to the ferromagnetic layer and thereby the electrical resistance is modulated by the angle between the applied current and the magnetization direction. The SMR provides a convenient tool to non-invasively measure the magnetization direction and spin-transfer torque to an insulator. We introduce the minimal theoretical instruments to calculate the SMR, i.e. spin diffusion theory and quantum mechanical boundary conditions. This leads to a small set of parameters that can be fitted to experiments. We discuss the limitations of the theory as well as alternative mechanisms such as the ferromagnetic proximity effect and Rashba spin-orbit torques, and point out new developments.
Gepr
gs, S.*; Kehlberger, A.*; Coletta, F.*; Qiu, Z.*; Guo, E.-J.*; Schulz, T.*; Mix, C.*; Meyer, S.*; Kamra, A.*; Althammer, M.*; et al.
Nature Communications (Internet), 7, p.10452_1 - 10452_6, 2016/02
Times Cited Count：169 Percentile：97.42(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Schreier, M.*; Bauer, G. E. W.*; Vasyuchka, V.*; Flipse, J.*; Uchida, Kenichi*; Lotze, J.*; Lauer, V.*; Chumak, A.*; Serga, A.*; Daimon, Shunsuke*; et al.
Journal of Physics D; Applied Physics, 48(2), p.025001_1 - 025001_5, 2015/01
Times Cited Count：54 Percentile：86.17(Physics, Applied)Althammer, M.*; Meyer, S.*; Nakayama, Hiroyasu*; Schreier, M.*; Altmannshofer, S.*; Weiler, M.*; Huebl, H.*; Geprgs, S.*; Opel, M.*; Gross, R.*; et al.
Physical Review B, 87(22), p.224401_1 - 224401_15, 2013/06
Times Cited Count：440 Percentile：99.39(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)We experimentally investigate and quantitatively analyze the spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) effect in ferromagnetic insulator (FI)/Pt and FI/nonmagnetic metal/Pt hybrid structures. For the FI, we use either YIG, nickel ferrite, or magnetite and for the nonmagnet, Cu or Au. The SMR is theoretically ascribed to the combined action of spin Hall and inverse spin Hall effect in the Pt top layer. It therefore should characteristically depend upon the orientation of the magnetization in the adjacent ferromagnet and prevail even if an additional, nonmagnetic metal layer is inserted between Pt and the ferromagnet. Our experimental data corroborate these theoretical conjectures. Using the SMR theory to analyze our data, we extract the spin Hall angle and the spin diffusion length in Pt. For a spin-mixing conductance of 
m
, we obtain a spin Hall angle of 0.11 
0.08 and a spin diffusion length of (1.5 0.5) nm for Pt in our samples.
Chen, Y.-T.*; Takahashi, Saburo*; Nakayama, Hiroyasu*; Althammer, M.*; Goennenwein, S. T. B.*; Saito, Eiji; Bauer, G. E. W.*
Physical Review B, 87(14), p.144411_1 - 144411_9, 2013/04
Times Cited Count：675 Percentile：99.71(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)We present a theory of the spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) in multilayers made from an insulating ferromagnet F, such as yttrium iron garnet (YIG), and a normal metal N with spin-orbit interactions, such as platinum (Pt). The SMR is induced by the simultaneous action of spin Hall and inverse spin Hall effects and therefore a nonequilibrium proximity phenomenon. We compute the SMR in F|N and F|N|F layered systems, treating N by spin-diffusion theory with quantum mechanical boundary conditions at the interfaces in terms of the spin-mixing conductance. Our results explain the experimentally observed spin Hall magnetoresistance in N|F bilayers. For F|N|F spin valves we predict an enhanced SMR amplitude when magnetizations are collinear. The SMR and the spin-transfer torques in these trilayers can be controlled by the magnetic configuration.
