Ferromagnetic Interface Engineering of Spin-Charge Conversion in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>RuO</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </

Spin-orbit torque efficiency is conventionally fixed by bulk materials. D-wave altermagnets introduce an additional nonrelativistic spin-charge conversion channel beyond the inverse spin-Hall effect. Using prototypical candidate RuO_{2} as an example, we show that the adjacent ferromagnet alone can dictate both the magnitude and sign of spin-charge conversion. Spin-pumping measurements on RuO_{2}/Y_{3}Fe_{5}O_{12} (YIG) and RuO_{2}/Ni_{80}Fe_{20} (Py) bilayers yield opposite effective spin-Hall angles that persist across crystalline and polycrystalline RuO_{2}. Inserting an ultrathin Au spacer at the RuO_{2}/YIG interface reverses the signal, evidencing a dominant interfacial inverse Rashba-Edelstein effect, whereas RuO_{2}/Py is governed by the bulk inverse spin-Hall effect. First-principles calculations trace this dichotomy to interface-selective band hybridization: Rashba surface states survive at the insulating YIG contact yet are quenched by metallic Py. Our findings establish ferromagnetic interfacing as a deterministic knob for tailoring spin-charge conversion in altermagnetic oxides, paving the way to field-free, low-dissipation spintronic memory devices.

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Physical Review Letters
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2025-12-22
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https://doi.org/10.1103/rc4k-rf1p
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Magnetic properties of thin films
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Ferromagnetic Interface Engineering of Spin-Charge Conversion in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>RuO</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </

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Spin-orbit torque efficiency is conventionally fixed by bulk materials. D-wave altermagnets introduce an additional nonrelativistic spin-charge conversion channel beyond the inverse spin-Hall effect. Using prototypical candidate RuO_{2} as an example, we show that the adjacent ferromagnet alone can dictate both the magnitude and sign of spin-charge conversion. Spin-pumping measurements on RuO_{2}/Y_{3}Fe_{5}O_{12} (YIG) and RuO_{2}/Ni_{80}Fe_{20} (Py) bilayers yield opposite effective spin-Hall angles that persist across crystalline and polycrystalline RuO_{2}. Inserting an ultrathin Au spacer at the RuO_{2}/YIG interface reverses the signal, evidencing a dominant interfacial inverse Rashba-Edelstein effect, whereas RuO_{2}/Py is governed by the bulk inverse spin-Hall effect. First-principles calculations trace this dichotomy to interface-selective band hybridization: Rashba surface states survive at the insulating YIG contact yet are quenched by metallic Py. Our findings establish ferromagnetic interfacing as a deterministic knob for tailoring spin-charge conversion in altermagnetic oxides, paving the way to field-free, low-dissipation spintronic memory devices.

Physical Review LettersVol. 136(2)
Tongji University (CN), Anhui University (CN), Fudan University (CN), Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (CN)
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