Abstract
Epitaxial thin films of fully nonequilibrium hcp-Ru50Mo50(0001) nanoalloys were prepared as a chemically disordered alloy, in which the intrinsic spin Hall effect is expected to be negligible. Structural analyses confirmed the epitaxial growth and atomic scale alloying of the films. In contrast to a tiny torque efficiency (ξDL) of ∼0.4% for Ru50Mo50/CoFeB, the ξDL for the Ru50Mo50/Ni heterostructure reached ∼30% with a long-range relaxation length. The apparent dependence of ξDL on the ferromagnetic layer can be attributed to the orbital Hall effect (OHE). Interestingly, a smaller ξDL was observed for Ru/Ni, suggesting that the nonequilibrium Ru50Mo50 enhances its OHE. Furthermore, the enhanced ξDL is maintained by inserting a Ru layer between the Ru50Mo50 and Ni layers, showing orbital transport through Ru. This finding illustrates potential applications of nonequilibrium nanoalloy films in spin orbitronics and contributes to getting insights into the understanding of the interrelationships between nanostructures and orbital transport properties.
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