Observation of the Spin Peltier Effect for Magnetic Insulators
- 7 July 2014
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 113 (2), 027601
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.113.027601
Abstract
We report the observation of the spin Peltier effect (SPE) in the ferrimagnetic insulator yttrium iron garnet (YIG), i.e., a heat current generated by a spin current flowing through a platinum interface. The effect can be explained by the spin transfer torque that transforms the spin current in the Pt into a magnon current in the YIG. Via magnon-phonon interactions the magnetic fluctuations modulate the phonon temperature that is detected by a thermopile close to the interface. By finite-element modeling we verify the reciprocity between the spin Peltier and spin Seebeck effect. The observed strong coupling between thermal magnons and phonons in YIG is attractive for nanoscale cooling techniques.
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