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A coherent picture on the pure spin transport between Ag/Bi and ferromagnets
Inverse Rashba-Edelstein effect (IREE) 1 refers to the spin-to-charge conversion at the interface/surface with strong spin-orbit coupling and broken symmetry. Ag/Bi related system is a prototype system for studying the IREE and has been hotly discussed but with a long-term controversy 2-5. In a joint effort of both experiments and first-principles calculations, we reconcile almost all the published experimental data in literatures with controversial conclusions and provide a coherent picture on the pure spin transport between Ag/Bi and ferromagnets. We demonstrate a strong IREE at the interface between Ag/Bi with a ferromagnetic metal (FM) but not with a ferromagnetic insulator. This is in sharp contrast with the previously claimed IREE at Ag/Bi interface or inverse spin Hall effect dominated spin transport. In addition, a more than one order of magnitude modulation of IREE signal is realized for different Ag/Bi-FM interfaces, casting strong tunability and a new direction for searching efficient spintronics materials.
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