Nitride Interface Spin Alignment

Anomalous Interfacial Moment

Observed a large induced magnetic moment parallel to the ferromagnet at nitride S/F interfaces, opposite to conventional metal/oxide systems, offering a new epitaxial building block for superconducting spintronics.

Jin, Qiao · Zhang, Qinghua · Bai, He · Yang, Meng · Ga, Yonglong · Chen, Shengru · Hong, Haitao · Cui, Ting · Rong, Dongke · Lin, Ting · Wang, Jia · Ge, Chen · Wang, Can · Cao, Yanwei · Song, Guozhu · Wang, Shanmin · Jiang, Kun · Cheng, Zhigang · Zhu, Tao · Kui-Juan, Jin · Jia Guo, Er

National Science Review 2024

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Induced interfacial moment parallel to ferromagnet, opposite to antiparallel orientation in metal/oxide S/F systems

J∼4.28 meV

Induced moment exists only below Tc