Anomalous Hall effect in MnAl/W bilayers: Modification from strong spin Hall effect of W

We report systematic measurements of anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in MnAl/W bilayers modified by strong spin Hall effect (SHE) of the heavy metals, in which a single L10-MnAl epitaxial layer reveals obvious orbital two-channel Kondo (2CK) effect. The results are compared with the AHE in MnAl/Cu with weak spin orbit coupling. As increasing the thickness of W, the strong SHE has gradually suppressed the orbital 2CK effect and modified the AHE of MnAl. A scaling involving multiple competing scattering mechanisms has been used to distinguish different contributions to the modified AHE. The direct observation of spin-orbit torque induced magnetization switching confirms that the result is a combination of the AHE of MnAl and SHE of W.