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The influence of the spin-orbit coupling on the magnetic structure of deposited transition metal nanostructure systems has been studied by fully relativistic electronic structure calculations. The interplay of exchange coupling and magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-02-20 S. Mankovsky , S. Bornemann , J. Minár , S. Polesya , H. Ebert , J. B. Staunton , A. I. Lichtenstein

On the basis of the multi-orbital dynamical mean field theory, a three-orbital Hubbard model with a relativistic spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is studied at five electrons per site. The numerical calculations are performed by employing the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-23 Toshihiro Sato , Tomonori Shirakawa , Seiji Yunoki

We study \textit{ab initio} a pyrochlore compound, CsW$_{2}$O$_{6}$, which exhibits a yet unexplained metal-insulator transition. We find that (1) the reported low-$T$ structure is likely inaccurate and the correct structure has a twice…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-01-10 S. V. Streltsov , I. I. Mazin , R. Heid , K. -P. Bohnen

We demonstrate that spin-orbit coupling (SOC) strength for electrons near the conduction band edge in few-layer $\gamma$-InSe films can be tuned over a wide range. This tunability is the result of a competition between…

We study spin-orbit coupling in metallic carbon nanotubes (CNTs) within the many-body Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid (TLL) framework. For a well defined sub-class of metallic CNTs, that contains both achiral zig-zag as well as a sub-set of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-06-15 Piotr Chudzinski

The so-called neutron spin resonance consists of a prominent enhancement of the magnetic response at a particular energy and momentum transfer upon entering the superconducting state of unconventional superconductors. In the case of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-06-21 Daniel D. Scherer , Brian M. Andersen

Chirality has been a property of central importance in chemistry and biology for more than a century, and is now taking on increasing relevance in condensed matter physics. Recently, electrons were found to become spin polarized after…

A spin current through a ferromagnet/heavy-metal interface may shrink due to the spin-flip at the interface, resulting in the spin-memory loss. Here we propose a mechanism of the spin-memory loss. In contrast to other mechanisms based on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-28 Mijin Lim , Hyun-Woo Lee

Resonant x-ray diffraction experiments were performed for the metallic iridium oxide IrO$_{2}$. We observed anisotropic tensor of susceptibility (ATS) scattering, the spectrum of which shows a sharp contrast between the $L_{3}$ and $L_{2}$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-12 Yasuyuki Hirata , Kenya Ohgushi , Jun-ichi Yamaura , Hiroyuki Ohsumi , Soshi Takeshita , Masaki Takata , Takahisa Arima

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) relates to the interaction between an electron's motion and its spin, and is ubiquitous in solid-state systems. Although the effect of SOC in normal-state phenomena has been extensively studied, its role in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-02 Morten Amundsen , Jacob Linder , Jason W. A. Robinson , Igor Žutić , Niladri Banerjee

The interface between a ferromagnetic metal and an organic molecular semiconductor, commonly referred to as a spinterface, is an important component for advancing spintronic technologies. Hybridization of the ferromagnetic-metal surface d…

The symmetry of a material fundamentally governs its spin transport properties. While unconventional spin transport phenomena have been predominantly explored in low-symmetry systems (e.g., $C_{1v}$ symmetry), high-symmetry crystals--which…

It has recently been shown that the SOiCI approach [J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 34 (2022) 224007], in conjunction with the spin-separated exact two-component relativistic Hamiltonian, can provide very accurate fine structures of systems…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Yang Guo , Ning Zhang , Wenjian Liu

Investigation of elementary excitations has advanced our understanding of many-body physics governing most physical properties of matter. Recently spin-orbit excitons have drawn much attention, whose condensates near phase transitions…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-07-24 A. Nag , S. Bhowal , M. Moretti Sala , A. Efimenko , I. Dasgupta , S. Ray

As a topological Dirac semimetal with controllable spin-orbit coupling and conductivity, PtSe$_2$, a transition-metal dichalcogenide, is a promising material for several applications from optoelectric to sensors. However, its potential for…

Spin Hall effects interconvert spin- and charge currents due to spin-orbit interaction, which enables convenient electrical generation and detection of diffusive spin currents and even collective spin excitations in magnetic solids. Here,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-25 Matthias Benjamin Jungfleisch , Wei Zhang , Wanjun Jiang , Axel Hoffmann

Spin-orbit torque facilitates efficient magnetization switching via an in-plane current in perpendicularly magnetized heavy metal/ferromagnet heterostructures. The efficiency of spin-orbit-torque-induced switching is determined by the…

Highlighted with improved long-term thermal and environmental stability, all-inorganic metal halide perovskites exhibit tunable physical properties, cost-effective synthesis, and satisfactory optoelectronic performance, attracting…

Orthorhombic SrIrO3 subjected to strain show tunable transport properties. With underlying symmetry remaining invariant, these properties are associated with IrO6 octahedral tilting. Adopting to first-principles methods, the effects of…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-09-02 Vijeta Singh , J. J. Pulikkotil

Spin-orbit-torque (SOT) induced magnetization switching in Co/Pt/Co trilayer, with two Co layers exhibiting magnetization easy axes orthogonal to each other is investigated. Pt layer is used as a source of spin-polarized current as it is…