Toward the optimized spintronic response of Sn-doped IrO2 thin films

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201806754

Authors: Eduardo Arias-Egido (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón CSIC – Universidad de Zaragoza) , María Angeles Laguna-Marco (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC – Universidad de Zaragoza) , Cristina Piquer (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón CSIC – Universidad de Zaragoza) , Roberto Boada (Diamond Light Source; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) , Sofia Diaz-Moreno (Diamond Light Source)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Journal Paper
Journal: Advanced Functional Materials , VOL 7

State: Published (Approved)
Published: January 2019
Diamond Proposal Number(s): 15016

Abstract: Amorphous and polycrystalline Sn‐doped IrO2 thin films, Ir1‐xSnxO2, are grown for the first time. Their electrical response and strength of the spin–orbit coupling are studied in order to better understand and tailor its performance as spin current detector material. These experiments prove that the resistivity of IrO2 can be tuned over several orders of magnitude by controlling the doping content in both the amorphous and the polycrystalline state. In addition, growing amorphous samples increase the resistivity, thus improving the spin current to charge current conversion. As far as the spin–orbit coupling is concerned, the system not only remains in a strong spin–orbit coupling regime but it seems to undergo a slight enhancement in the amorphous state as well as in the Sn‐doped samples.

Journal Keywords: electrical properties; iridates; spin–orbit coupling interactions; spintronics; thin films

Diamond Keywords: Spintronics

Subject Areas: Materials, Physics


Instruments: I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES)

Added On: 29/01/2019 09:29

Discipline Tags:

Surfaces Hard condensed matter - electronic properties Physics Electronics Materials Science interfaces and thin films

Technical Tags:

Spectroscopy X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) High Energy Resolution Fluorescence Detected XAS (HERFD-XAS)