Magnetism and Nonlinear Charge Transport in NiFe 2 O 4 /γ‐Al 2 O 3 /SrTiO 3 Heterostructure: Toward Spintronic Applications

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ABSTRACT We present the synthesis and study of the magnetic and electronic properties of NiFe 2 O 4 /γ‐Al 2 O 3 /SrTiO 3 heterostructure. The γ‐Al 2 O 3 /SrTiO 3 interface hosts a high‐mobility 2D electron gas (2DEG) with large spin‐orbit coupling, making it promising for spintronic and nano‐electronic device applications if it can be coupled to a suitable source of spin currents. For efficient spin‐charge conversion, a ferromagnetic insulator as a spin current source is more advantageous than a metallic/semiconducting ferromagnet. Here, we synthesize a ferrimagnetic insulating NiFe 2 O 4 (001) layer on γ‐Al 2 O 3 (001)/SrTiO 3 (001) using low‐temperature reactive sputtering at 150 °C without compromising the mobility and charge carrier density of the 2DEG at the γ‐Al 2 O 3 (001)/SrTiO 3 (001) interface. While γ‐Al 2 O 3 (8 nm)/SrTiO 3 is nonmagnetic, NiFe 2 O 4 (52 nm)/γ‐Al 2 O 3 (8 nm)/SrTiO 3 shows a well‐defined magnetic hysteresis loop at room temperature as well as at low temperatures. The sheet resistance of both γ‐Al 2 O 3 (8 nm)/SrTiO 3 and NiFe 2 O 4 (52 nm)/γ‐Al 2 O 3 (8 nm)/SrTiO 3 exhibits metallic behavior down to cryogenic temperatures, with a low temperature upturn driven by the combined effect of Kondo‐like scattering and weak antilocalization. Most importantly, NiFe 2 O 4 (52 nm)/γ‐Al 2 O 3 (8 nm)/SrTiO 3 behaves as a magnetic diode at low temperatures, and its rectification performance increases significantly with increasing magnetic field strength, giving rise to a robust magneto‐electronic rectification effect at low temperatures, which provides a first step toward the development of nanoscale all‐oxide heterostructures capable of efficient spin‐charge conversion.

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