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Local injection of pure spin current generates electric current vortices

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2017-04-28 v2 Materials Science

Abstract

We show that local injection of pure spin current into an electrically disconnected ferromagnetic - normal-metal sandwich induces electric currents, that run along closed loops inside the device, and are powered by the source of the spin injection. Such electric currents may significantly modify voltage distribution in spin-injection devices and induce long-range tails of spin accumulation.

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@article{arxiv.1607.06385,
  title  = {Local injection of pure spin current generates electric current vortices},
  author = {Ya. B. Bazaliy and R. R. Ramazashvili},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.06385},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

Journal version. Improved notation, suggestions for experimental observation added