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Transport and spin conversion of multi-carriers in semimetal bismuth

Materials Science 2016-06-08 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we report on the investigation of (1) the transport properties of multi-carriers in semi-metal Bi and (2) the spin conversion physics in this semimetal system in a ferrimagnetic insulator, yttrium-iron-garnet. Hall measurements reveal that electrons and holes co-exist in the Bi, with electrons being the dominant carrier. The results of a spin conversion experiment corroborate the results of the Hall measurement; in addition, the inverse spin Hall effect governs the spin conversion in the semimetal/insulator system. This study provides further insights into spin conversion physics in semimetal systems.

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@article{arxiv.1602.03953,
  title  = {Transport and spin conversion of multi-carriers in semimetal bismuth},
  author = {Hiroyuki Emoto and Yuichiro Ando and Gaku Eguchi and Ryo Ohshima and Eiji Shikoh and Yuki Fuseya and Teruya Shinjo and Masashi Shiraishi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.03953},
  year   = {2016}
}

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