Electrical detection of inverse spin Hall effect induced by spin pumping

Spin pumping driven by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) injects a spin current through a simple ferromagnetic (FM)/paramagnetic (PM) interface into a PM layer [1]. Due to the inverse spin Hall effect (ISHE), arising from the spin-orbit coupling in the PM layer, the spin current is converted into a charge current. As a result transverse electromotive force perpendicular to the applied magnetic field and to the microwave field is produced [2]. Here we present direct measurements of the ISHE induced by spin pumping in Py/Pt bilayer. We observe a 4mT FMR linewidth broadening for the samples with Pt capping layers due to spin pumping. We also find that the electromotive force varies systematically with changing microwave power and frequency, magnetic-field angle, or temperature. This is consistent with the predictions based on the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation combined with the models of the ISHE and spin pumping.