%0 Journal Article
%T Intrinsic Spin Seebeck Effect in Au/YIG
%A D. Qu
%A S. Y. Huang
%A Jun Hu
%A Ruqian Wu
%A C. L. Chien
%J Physics
%D 2013
%I arXiv
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.067206
%X The acute magnetic proximity effects in Pt/YIG compromise the suitability of Pt as a spin current detector. We show that Au/YIG, with no anomalous Hall effect and a negligible magnetoresistance, allows the measurements of the intrinsic spin Seebeck effect with a magnitude much smaller than that in Pt/YIG. The experiment results are consistent with the spin-polarized density-functional calculations for Pt with a sizable and Au with a negligible magnetic moment near the interface with YIG.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.6164v1