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It is shown that a flux of unpolarized electrons across a symmetric double barrier quantum well induces a spin polarization inside the well. Besides, the transmitted current acquires a spin polarized component and the spin-Hall current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. G. Mal'shukov , C. S. Chu

Spin-orbit coupling in semiconductors relates the spin of an electron to its momentum and provides a pathway for electrically initializing and manipulating electron spins for applications in spintronics and spin-based quantum information…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 V. Sih , R. C. Myers , Y. K. Kato , W. H. Lau , A. C. Gossard , D. D. Awschalom

Integrating topologically stabilized magnetic textures such as skyrmions as nanoscale information carriers into future technologies requires the reliable control by electric currents. Here, we uncover that the relevant skyrmion Hall effect,…

When charge current passes through a normal metal that exhibits spin Hall effect, spin accumulates at the edge of the sample in the transverse direction. We predict that this spin accumulation, or spin voltage, enables quantum tunneling of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 Wei Chen , Manfred Sigrist , Dirk Manske

The exchange interaction between the conduction electrons and magnetic moments at magnetic interface leads to mutual conversion between electron spin current and magnon current. We introduce a concept of spin convertance which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-08 Steven S. -L. Zhang , Shufeng Zhang

We investigate the spin Hall effect (SHE) in a wide class of spin-orbit coupling systems by using spin force picture. We derive the general relation equation between spin force and spin current and show that the longitudinal force component…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-11 Cong Son Ho , Mansoor B. A. Jalil , Seng Ghee Tan

Conceptual framework behind the intrinsic spin Hall effect in three-dimensional conductors is discussed. Theory suggests how the spin Hall current should depend on symmetry and orientation of the crystal.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-20 E. M. Chudnovsky

We used micromagnetic simulations to investigate the spatial distributions of the effective magnetic fields induced by spin chirality in crossed nanowires with three characteristic magnetic structures: a radiated-shape, an antivortex, and a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-03 Kenji Tanabe , Keisuke Yamada

The spin-orbit interaction enables interconversion between a charge current and a spin current. It is usually believed that in a nonmagnetic metal (NM) or at a NM/ferromagnetic metal (FM) bilayer interface, the symmetry of spin-orbit…

We theoretically investigate the generation of spin current from a uniformly rotating body with impurity scattering on the basis of the spin dependent transport equation. The spin current is created mainly in the radial direction when a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Mamoru Matsuo , Jun'ichi Ieda , Eiji Saitoh , Sadamichi Maekawa

The present study focuses on experimental investigations of spin current across the interface of an iridate/manganite heterostructure (SrIrO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3) consisting of oxide epitaxial films with nanometer thickness. Pure spin current is…

The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) refers to the generation of a spin current as a result of a temperature gradient in a magnetic material, which can be detected electrically via the inverse spin Hall effect in a metallic contact. Since the…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-03-14 Takashi Kikkawa , Eiji Saitoh

The spin Hall effect does not generally result in a charge Hall voltage. We predict that in systems with inhomogeneous electron density in the direction perpendicular to main current flow, the spin Hall effect is instead accompanied by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-23 Yu. V. Pershin , M. Di Ventra

Spin current is a central theme in spintronics, and its generation is a keen issue. The spin-polarized current injection from the ferromagnet, spin battery, and spin Hall effect have been used to generate spin current, but Ohmic currents in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-11-05 James Jun He , Kanta Hiroki , Keita Hamamoto , Naoto Nagaosa

A biref review is presented on resonant spin Hall effect, where a tiny external electric field induces a saturated spin Hall current in a 2-dimensional electron or hole gas in a perpendicular magnetic field. The phenomenon is attributted to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-14 Fu-Chun Zhang , Shun-Qing Shen

The abilities to inject and detect spin carriers are fundamental for research on transport and manipulation of spin information. Pure electronic spin currents have been recently studied in nanoscale electronic devices using a non-local…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-25 I. J. Vera-Marun , V. Ranjan , B. J. van Wees

The interplay between spin, charge, and orbital degrees of freedom has led to the development of spintronic devices like spin-torque oscillators, spin-logic devices, and spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memories. In this…

Spin transport phenomena underpin an extensive range of spintronic effects. In particular spin transport across interfaces occurs in most device concepts, but is so far poorly understood. As interface properties strongly impact spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-05-19 Alexander Pfeiffer , Robert M. Reeve , Kelvin Elphick , Atsufumi Hirohata , Mathias Kläui

Terahertz spintronics offers the prospect of devices which are both faster and more energy-efficient. A promising route to achieve this goal is to exploit current-induced spin-orbit torques. However, the high-frequency properties of these…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-21 Filipe S. M. Guimarães , Juba Bouaziz , Manuel dos Santos Dias , Samir Lounis

The spin-to-charge current interconversion in bilayers composed of ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic layers with strong spin-orbit coupling has garnered considerable attention due to its exceptional potential in advancing spintronics devices…