Spin Hall magnetoresistance at the altermagnetic insulator/Pt interface

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Contributors

  • Miina Leiviskä - , Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Reza Firouzmandi - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Kyo Hoon Ahn - , Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Peter Kubaščik - , Charles University Prague (Author)
  • Zbynek Soban - , Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Satya Prakash Bommanaboyena - , Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Christoph Müller - , Czech Academy of Sciences, Charles University Prague (Author)
  • Dominik Kriegner - , Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Sebastian Sailler - , University of Konstanz (Author)
  • Denise Reustlen - , University of Konstanz (Author)
  • Michaela Lammel - , University of Konstanz (Author)
  • Kranthi Kumar Bestha - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Matěj Hývl - , Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Libor Šmejkal - , Czech Academy of Sciences, Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (Author)
  • Jakub Železný - , Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Anja U.B. Wolter - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Monika Scheufele - , Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Johanna Fischer - , Spintec (Author)
  • Matthias Opel - , Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Author)
  • Stephan Geprägs - , Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Author)
  • Matthias Althammer - , Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Author)
  • Bernd Büchner - , Center for Transport and Devices of Emergent Materials (CTD), Clusters of Excellence ct.qmat: Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter, Chair of Experimental Solid State Physics, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Tomas Jungwirth - , Czech Academy of Sciences, University of Nottingham (Author)
  • Lukáš Nádvorník - , Charles University Prague (Author)
  • Sebastian T.B. Goennenwein - , University of Konstanz (Author)
  • Vilmos Kocsis - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Helena Reichlova - , Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)

Abstract

The resistance of a heavy metal can be modulated by an adjacent magnetic material through the combined effects of the spin Hall effect, inverse spin Hall effect, and dissipation of the spin accumulation at the interface. This phenomenon is known as the spin Hall magnetoresistance. The dissipation of the spin accumulation can occur via various mechanisms, with spin-transfer torque being the most extensively studied. In this work, we report the observation of spin Hall magnetoresistance at the interface between platinum and an insulating altermagnetic candidate, Ba2CoGe2O7. Our findings reveal that this heterostructure exhibits a relatively large spin Hall magnetoresistance signal, which is anisotropic with respect to the crystal orientation of the current channel. We explore and rule out several potential explanations for this anisotropy and propose that our results may be understood in the context of the anisotropies of the spin current channels across the Pt/altermagnetic Ba2CoGe2O7 interface.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number084403
JournalPhysical review materials
Volume9
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2025
Peer-reviewedYes