Comment on "Optical detection of transverse spin-Seebeck effect in permalloy film using Sagnac interferometer microscopy"
arXiv:1810.13220 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.99.106401
Abstract
Measuring spin currents and spin accumulations is challenging. This is mainly because of their small size and the lack of a standard spin detector comparable to conventional ampere meters or voltage detectors. It is all the more pleasing to hear about new methods for detecting spin currents and spin accumulations. A recent example is the paper of McLaughlin et al. [Phys. Rev. B 95, 180401 (2017)], who report novel measurements of the transverse spin-Seebeck effect (TSSE) in metals by optical means using a Sagnac interferometer microscope. However, because no standard procedures or reference measurements are available for verification, critical discussions are crucial for evaluation of such novel experimental approaches. In our comment, we estimate the size of the effect observed by McLaughlin et al. To illustrate that the estimated size is exceptionally large, we use a comparison with another spin-caloritronic effect: the spin-dependent Seebeck effect. Such a large TSSE is in contradiction with previous experiments that could not resolve a TSSE signal. Therefore, we suggest that signal measured by McLaughlin et al. is not or not only caused by the TSSE.
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