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Lihui Bai1, Michael Harder1, Paul Hyde1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2.
Abstract:
Using electrical detection of a strongly coupled spin-photon system comprised of a microwave cavity mode and two magnetic samples, we demonstrate the long distance manipulation of spin currents. This distant control is not limited by the spin diffusion length, instead depending on the interplay between the local and global properties of the coupled system, enabling systematic spin current control over large distance scales (several centimeters in this work). This flexibility opens the door to improved spin current generation and manipulation for cavity spintronic devices.
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