Thermally driven two-magnet nano-oscillator with large spin-charge conversion

Abstract: Next-generation spintronic applications require material properties that can be hardly met by one material candidate. Here we demonstrate that by combining insulating and metallic magnets, enhanced spin-charge conversion and energy-efficient thermal spin currents can be realized. We develop a nanowire device consisting of an yttrium iron garnet and permalloy bi-layer. An interfacial temperature gradient drives the nanowire magnetization into auto-oscillations at gigahertz frequencies. Interfacial spin coupling and magnetoresistance of the permalloy layer translate spin dynamics into sizable microwave signals. The results show prospect for energy-efficient spintronic devices and present an experimental realization of magnon condensation in a heterogeneous magnetic system.