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Phonons can carry angular momentum and exhibit chirality through the circular polarization of atomic motion. This enables a phonon-mediated spin Seebeck effect (SSE) via the conversion of phonon angular momentum into electron spin angular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Jiayan Zhang , Gaoyang Li , Gaomin Tang , Yanxia Xing

We have theoretically investigated the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) in a normal metal (NM)/paramagnetic insulator (PI) bilayer system. Through a linear response approach, we calculated the thermal spin pumping from PI to NM and backflow spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-31 Koichi Oyanagi , Saburo Takahashi , Takashi Kikkawa , Eiji Saitoh

We demonstrate the modulation of spin Seebeck effect (SSE) by hydrogenation in Pd/YIG bilayers. In the presence of 3% hydrogen gas, SSE voltage decreases by more than 50% from the magnitude observed in pure Ar gas. The modulation of the SSE…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 K. Ogata , T. Kikkawa , E. Saitoh , Y. Shiomi

The generation of spin-orbital currents is crucial for advancing energy-efficient spintronic devices. Here, the intricate process involved in the generation and conversion of spin and orbital to charge currents in Zr(t=2, 3, 4.5, 6,…

Over the last few years, a new mode for imaging in the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) has gained attention as it permits the direct visualization of sample conductivity and electrical connectivity. When the electron beam…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-01 Ondrej Dyck , Jacob L. Swett , Charalambos Evangeli , Andrew R. Lupini , Jan Mol , Stephen Jesse

Shortwave infrared (SWIR) has various applications, including night vision, remote sensing, and medical imaging. SWIR organic photodetectors (OPDs) offer advantages such as flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and tunable properties, however,…

We propose a passive single-photon detector based on the bipolar thermoelectric effect occurring in tunnel junctions between two different superconductors thanks to spontaneous electron-hole symmetry breaking. Our thermoelectric detector…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-04 Federico Paolucci , Gaia Germanese , Alessandro Braggio , Francesco Giazotto

We study the transverse spin-Seebeck effect (SSE) on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator (TI) thin film, such as Bi$_2$Se$_3$, which is sandwiched between two normal metal leads. The temperature bias $\Delta T$ applied…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-06-17 Po-Hao Chang , Farzad Mahfouzi , Naoto Nagaosa , Branislav K. Nikolic

Whilst there have been several reports of the spin Seebeck effect to date, comparison of the absolute voltage(s) measured, in particular for thin films, is limited. In this letter we demonstrate normalization of the spin Seebeck effect for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-24 K. Morrison , A. J Caruana , C. Cox

We have studied the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect (LSSE) in the layered ferromagnetic insulators CrSiTe$_3$ and CrGeTe$_3$ covered by Pt films in the measurement configuration where spin current traverses the ferromagnetic Cr layers. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-08-19 Naohiro Ito , Takashi Kikkawa , Joseph Barker , Daichi Hirobe , Yuki Shiomi , Eiji Saitoh

Spin waves are proposed as information carriers for next-generation computing devices because of their low power consumption. Moreover, their wave-like nature allows for novel computing paradigms. Conventional methods to detect spin waves…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-22 J. Lucassen , M. J. G. Peeters , C. F. Schippers , R. A. Duine , H. J. M. Swagten , B. Koopmans , R. Lavrijsen

Antiferromagnets are beneficial for future spintronic applications due to their zero magnetic moment and ultrafast dynamics. But gaining direct access to their antiferromagnetic order and identifying the properties of individual magnetic…

The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) signal of magnon polarons in bulk-Y3Fe5O12 (YIG)/Pt heterostructures is found to drastically change as a function of temperature. It appears as a dip in the total SSE signal at low temperatures, but as the…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-01-12 Zhong Shi , Qing Xi , Junxue Li , Yufei Li , Mohammed Aldosary , Yadong Xu , Jun Zhou , Shi-Ming Zhou , Jing Shi

We report on the observation of the spin Seebeck effect in antiferromagnetic MnF$_2$. A device scale on-chip heater is deposited on a bilayer of Pt (4 nm)/MnF$_2$ (110) (30 nm) grown by molecular beam epitaxy on a MgF$_2$ (110) substrate.…

Linking the fundamental physics of band structure and scattering theory with macroscopic features such as measurable bulk thermoelectric transport properties is indispensable to a thorough understanding of transport phenomena and ensures…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2025-01-15 Michael Parzer , Alexander Riss , Fabian Garmroudi , Johannes de Boor , Takao Mori , Ernst Bauer

Achieving high quantum efficiency (QE) with low dark count is essential for highly sensitive photodetectors (PDs), including single photon avalanche detectors (SPADs). However, high QE requires a thicker absorber region, which leads to high…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-07-25 Sagar Chowdhury , Rituraj , Srini Krishnamurthy , Vidya Praveen Bhallamudi

Using a three-current model for heat, spin-up and spin-down electrons, the thermodynamics of irreversible processes predicts that a temperature gradient gives rise to a spin current under the conditions used to measure what is called the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-11 Sylvain D. Brechet , Jean-Philippe Ansermet

In recent years, new spin-dependent thermal effects have been discovered in ferromagnets, stimulating a growing interest in spin caloritronics, a field that exploits the interaction between spin and heat currents. Amongst the most…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-26 Juan F. Sierra , Ingmar Neumann , Jo Cuppens , Bart Raes , Marius V. Costache , Sergio O. Valenzuela

In this work we present the results of an experiment to locally resolve the spin Seebeck effect in a high-quality Pt/YIG sample. We achieve this by employing a locally heated scanning thermal probe to generate a highly local non-equilibrium…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-30 Alessandro Sola , Vittorio Basso , Massimo Pasquale , Carsten Dubs , Craig Barton , Olga Kazakowa

A continuous quantum field, such as a propagating beam of light, may be characterized by a squeezing spectrum that is inhomogeneous in frequency. We point out that homodyne detectors, which are commonly employed to detect quantum squeezing,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-19 L. F. Buchmann , S. Schreppler , J. Kohler , N. Spethmann , D. M. Stamper-Kurn