Spin Seebeck Effect: Sensitive Probe for Elementary Excitation, Spin Correlation, Transport, Magnetic Order, and Domains in Solids

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 discovery of the SSE in 2008, intensive studies on the SSE have...

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Published inAnnual review of condensed matter physics Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 129 - 151
Main Authors Kikkawa, Takashi, Saitoh, Eiji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Annual Reviews 10.03.2023
Subjects
antiferromagnetic spintronics
inverse spin Hall effect
magnon
nuclear spin
quantum spin liquid
spin(calori)tronics
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Summary: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 discovery of the SSE in 2008, intensive studies on the SSE have been conducted to elucidate its origin. SSEs appear in a wide range of magnetic materials including ferro-, ferri-, and antiferromagnets and also paramagnets with classical or quantum spin fluctuation. SSE voltage reflects fundamental properties of a magnet, such as elementary excitation, static magnetic order, spin correlation, and spin transport. In this article, we review recent progress on the SSE in various systems, with particular emphasis on its emerging role as a probe of these magnetic properties in solids. We also briefly discuss the recently discovered nuclear SSE.
ISSN:1947-5454
1947-5462
DOI:10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-040721-014957