Rectification in Spin-Orbit Materials Using Low Energy Barrier Magnets

Abstract

The coupling of spin-orbit materials to high energy barrier ($\sim$40-60 $k_{B}T$) nano-magnets has attracted growing interest for exciting new physics and various spintronic applications. We predict that a coupling between the spin-momentum locking (SML) observed in spin-orbit materials and low-energy barrier magnets (LBM) should exhibit a unique multi-terminal rectification for arbitrarily small amplitude channel currents. The basic idea is to measure the charge current induced spin accumulation in the SML channel in the form of a magnetization dependent voltage using an LBM, either with an in-plane or perpendicular anisotropy (IMA or PMA). The LBM feels an instantaneous spin-orbit torque due to the accumulated spins in the channel which causes the average magnetization to follow the current, leading to the non-linear rectification. We discuss the frequency band of this multi-terminal rectification which can be understood in terms of the angular momentum conservation in the LBM. For a fixed spin-current from the SML channel, the frequency band is same for LBMs with IMA and PMA, as long as they have the same total magnetic moment in a given volume. The proposed all-metallic structure could find application as highly sensitive passive rf detectors and as energy harvesters from weak ambient sources where standard technologies may not operate.

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