TY - JOUR
T1 - Spin signal in metallic lateral spin valves made by a multiple angle evaporation technique
AU - La̧czkowski, Piotr
AU - Vila, Laurent
AU - Ferry, Sara
AU - Marty, Alain
AU - George, Jean Marie
AU - Jaffrès, Henri
AU - Fert, Albert
AU - Kimura, Takashi
AU - Yang, Tao
AU - Otani, Yoshi Chika
AU - Attané, Jean Philippe
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - We report on the fabrication of metallic lateral spin valves using different evaporation directions for respective ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic materials. In this way, we can fabricate and connect different nanowires through the same resist mask in a single evaporation sequence, avoiding interface contamination. With this technique and by reducing the wire widths down to 50 nm, we obtained spin signals as large as 24mω at 77 K in devices with transparent interfaces. We studied the influence of the nonmagnetic metal. Spin signals are found to be much larger for Al and Cu than for Au-based devices.
AB - We report on the fabrication of metallic lateral spin valves using different evaporation directions for respective ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic materials. In this way, we can fabricate and connect different nanowires through the same resist mask in a single evaporation sequence, avoiding interface contamination. With this technique and by reducing the wire widths down to 50 nm, we obtained spin signals as large as 24mω at 77 K in devices with transparent interfaces. We studied the influence of the nonmagnetic metal. Spin signals are found to be much larger for Al and Cu than for Au-based devices.
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U2 - 10.1143/APEX.4.063007
DO - 10.1143/APEX.4.063007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79958792438
VL - 4
JO - Applied Physics Express
JF - Applied Physics Express
SN - 1882-0778
IS - 6
M1 - 063007
ER -