Abstract
Abstract
We have studied the spin-pumping phenomenon in ferromagnetic metal (FM) (
N
i
80
F
e
20
)/topological insulator (TI) (
B
i
S
b
T
e
1.5
S
e
1.5
) bilayer system to understand magnetization dynamics of FM in contact with a TI. TIs embody a spin–momentum-locked surface state that spans the bulk band gap. Due to this special spin texture of the topological surface state, the spin-charge interconversion efficiency of TI is even higher than that of heavy metals. We evaluated the parameters like effective damping coefficient (
α
e
f
f
), spin-mixing conductance (
g
e
f
f
↑↓
) and spin current density (
j
S
0
) to demonstrate an efficient spin transfer in
N
i
80
F
e
20
/
B
i
S
b
T
e
1.5
S
e
1.5
heterostructure. To probe the effect of the topological surface state, a systematic low-temperature study is crucial as the surface state of TI dominates at lower temperatures. The exponential increase of
Δ
H
for all different thickness combinations of FM/TI bilayers and the enhancement of effective damping coefficient (
α
e
f
f
) with lowering temperature confirms that the spin chemical potential bias generated from spin-pumping induces spin current into the TI surface state. Furthermore, low-temperature measurements of effective magnetization (
4
π
M
e
f
f
) and magnetic anisotropy field (Hk
) showed anomaly around the same temperature region where the resistivity of TI starts showing metallic behavior due to the dominance of conducting TI surface state. The anomaly in Hk
can result from the emerging exchange coupling between the TI surface state and the local moments of the FM layer at the interface without any long-range ferromagnetic order in TI at the interface.
Funder
Department of Science and Technology, India
Science and Engineering Research Board
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
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