Probe of spin dynamics in superconducting NbN thin films via spin pumping
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Author(s)
Yao, Yunyan
Song, Qi
Takamura, Yota
Cascales, Juan Pedro
Yuan, Wei
Ma, Yang
Yun, Yu
Xie, X. C.
Han, Wei
Moodera, Jagadeesh
Date Issued
June 2018
Journal
Physical Review B
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American Physical Society
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Yao, Yunyan et al. Physical Review B 97, 22 "Probe of spin dynamics in superconducting NbN thin films via spin pumping." (June 2018): 224414 © 2018 American Physical Society
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Abstract
The emerging field of superconductor (SC) spintronics has attracted intensive attentions recently. Many fantastic spin-dependent properties in SCs have been discovered, including large magnetoresistance, long spin lifetimes, and the giant spin Hall effect, etc. Regarding the spin dynamics in superconducting thin films, few studies have been reported yet. Here, we report the investigation of the spin dynamics in an s-wave superconducting NbN film via spin pumping from an adjacent insulating ferromagnet GdN film. A profound coherence peak of the Gilbert damping of GdN is observed slightly below the superconducting critical temperature of the NbN, which agrees well with recent theoretical prediction for s-wave SCs in the presence of impurity spin-orbit scattering. This observation is also a manifestation of the dynamic spin injection into superconducting NbN thin film. Our results demonstrate that spin pumping could be used to probe the dynamic spin susceptibility of superconducting thin films, thus pave the way for future investigation of spin dynamics of interfacial and two-dimensional crystalline SCs.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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