Robust spin-current injection in lateral spin valves with two-terminal Co2FeSi spin injectors

• Main Authors: S. Oki, T. Kurokawa, S. Honda, S. Yamada, T. Kanashima, H. Itoh, K. Hamaya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-05-01
• Series: AIP Advances
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4972852

We demonstrate generation and detection of pure spin currents by combining a two-terminal spin-injection technique and Co2FeSi (CFS) spin injectors in lateral spin valves (LSVs). We find that the two-terminal spin injection with CFS has the robust dependence of the nonlocal spin signals on the applied bias currents, markedly superior to the four-terminal spin injection with permalloy reported previously. In our LSVs, since the spin transfer torque from one CFS injector to another CFS one is large, the nonlocal magnetoresistance with respect to applied magnetic fields shows large asymmetry in high bias-current conditions. For utilizing multi-terminal spin injection with CFS as a method for magnetization reversals, the terminal arrangement of CFS spin injectors should be taken into account.