Enhancement of Thermally Injected Spin Current through an   Antiferromagnetic Insulator
  We report large enhancement of thermally injected spin current in normal metal (NM)/antiferromagnet(AF)/yttrium iron garnet(YIG), where a thin AF insulating layer of NiO or CoO can enhance spin current from YIG to a NM by up to a factor of 10. The spin current enhancement in NM/AF/YIG, with a pronounced maximum near the N\'eel temperature of the thin AF layer, has been found to scale linearly with the spin-mixing conductance at the NM/YIG interface for NM = 3d, 4d, and 5d metals. Calculations of spin current enhancement and spin mixing conductance are qualitatively consistent with the experimental results. 
Weiwei Lin, Kai Chen, Shufeng Zhang and C. L. Chien
cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.mes-hall physics.app-ph