The inverse spin-Hall effect (ISHE) induced by the spin pumping has been investigated systematically in simple ferromagnetic/paramagnetic bilayer systems. The spin pumping driven by ferromagnetic resonance injects a spin current into the paramagnetic layer, which gives rise to an electromotive force transverse to the spin current using the ISHE in the paramagnetic layer. In a Ni81Fe19/Pt film, we found an electromotive force perpendicular to the applied magnetic field at the ferromagnetic resonance condition. The spectral shape of the electromotive force is well reproduced using a simple Lorentz function, indicating that the electromotive force is due to the ISHE induced by the spin pumping; extrinsic magnetogalvanic effects are eliminated in this measurement. The electromotive force varies systematically by changing the microwave power, magnetic-field angle, and film size, being consistent with the prediction based on the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation combined with the models of the ISHE and spin pumping. The electromotive force was observed also in a Pt/Y3Fe4GaO12 film, in which the metallic Ni81Fe19 layer is replaced by an insulating Y3Fe4GaO12 layer, supporting that the spin-pumping-induced ISHE is responsible for the observed electromotive force.

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Voltage signals induced by the spin-Seebeck effect (SSE) are shown to be enhanced by introducing a thermopile structure consisting of two different metals with positive and negative spin-Hall angles. In the “spin-Hall thermopile”, the positive and negative SSE signals in the metals are added to the output voltage in series. Here, we demonstrate that a Pt/Nb thermopile on an Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) slab exhibits the SSE voltage one order of magnitude greater than that in a plain Pt/YIG system. Since the spin-Hall thermopile enables sensitive detection of a spin voltage in a versatile manner, it will be useful to construct spin and heat sensors.