Platinum thickness dependence of the inverse spin-Hall voltage from spin pumping in a hybrid yttrium iron garnet/platinum system

Abstract

We show the experimental observation of the platinum thickness dependence in a hybrid yttrium iron garnet/platinum system of the inverse spin-Hall effect from spin pumping, over a large frequency range and for different radio-frequency powers. From the measurement of the voltage at the resonant condition and the resistance of the normal metal layer, a strong enhancement of the ratio of these quantities has been observed, which is not in agreement with previous studies on the NiFe/platinum system. The origin of this behaviour cannot be fully explained by the spin transport model that we have used and is therefore still unclear.