Modulation of Spin Accumulation by Nanoscale Confinement using Electromigration in a Metallic Lateral Spin Valve
arXiv:1511.06439 · doi:10.1088/0957-4484/27/9/095201
Abstract
We study spin transport in lateral spin valves with constricted channels. Using electromigration, we modulate the spin accumulation by continuously varying the width of the non-magnetic channel at a single location. By fitting the non-local spin signal data as a function of the non-magnetic channel resistance, we extract all the relevant parameters regarding spin transport from a single device. Simulations show that constricting the channel blocks the diffusion of the accumulated spins rather than causing spin flipping. This result could be used to improve the design of future spintronic devices devoted to information processing.
10 pages, 6 figures
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