  Field-like spin orbit torque in FeMn/Pt bilayers with ultra-thin
polycrystalline FeMn has been characterized through planar Hall effect
measurements. A large effective field is obtained for FeMn in the thickness
range of 2 to 5 nm. The experimental observations can be reasonably accounted
for by using a macro-spin model under the assumption that the FeMn layer is
composed of two spin sublattices with unequal magnetizations. The large
effective field corroborates the spin Hall origin of the effective field
considering the much smaller uncompensated net moments in FeMn as compared to
NiFe. The effective absorption of spin current by FeMn is further confirmed by
the fact that spin current generated by Pt in NiFe/FeMn/Pt trilayers can only
travel through the FeMn layer with a thickness of 1 to 4 nm. By quantifying the
field-like effective field induced in NiFe, a spin diffusion length of 2 nm is
estimated in FeMn, in consistence with values reported in literature by
ferromagnetic resonance and spin-pumping experiments.
