Artigo
Spin-current to charge-current conversion and magnetoresistance in a hybrid structure of graphene and yttrium iron garnet
Autor
Mendes, J. B. S.
Santos, O. Alves
Meireles, L. M.
Lacerda, R. G.
Vilela-Leão, L. H.
Machado, F. L. A.
Rodríguez-Suárez, R. L.
Azevedo, A.
Rezende, S. M.
Institución
Resumen
The use of graphene in spintronic devices depends, among other things, on its ability to convert a spin excitation into an electric charge signal, a phenomenon that requires a spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Here we report the observation of two effects that show the existence of SOC in large-area CVD grown single-layer graphene deposited on a single crystal film of the ferrimagnetic insulator yttrium iron garnet (YIG). The first is a magnetoresistance of graphene induced by the magnetic proximity effect with YIG. The second is the detection of a dc voltage along the graphene layer resulting from the conversion of the spin current generated by spin pumping from microwave driven ferromagnetic resonance into a charge current, which is attributed to the inverse Rashba-Edelstein effect.