Spin Hall Effects in Metals

Spin Hall effects convert charge currents into spin currents and vice versa even in nonmagnetic conductors due to spin orbit coupling. This enables spin Hall effects to be utilized both for the generation and detection of spin currents and magnetization dynamics. This paper reviews the experimental...

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Published inIEEE transactions on magnetics Vol. 49; no. 10; pp. 5172 - 5193
Main Author Hoffmann, Axel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.10.2013
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Conductivity
Conductors
Couplings
Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology
Exact sciences and technology
Hall effect
Impurities
Magnetization dynamics
magnetoelectronics
Materials science
metallic films
Other topics in materials science
Physics
Scattering
spin Hall effects
metallic films
spin Hall effects
Magnetization
Magnetization dynamics
Hall effect
magnetoelectronics
Magnetic properties
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Summary:Spin Hall effects convert charge currents into spin currents and vice versa even in nonmagnetic conductors due to spin orbit coupling. This enables spin Hall effects to be utilized both for the generation and detection of spin currents and magnetization dynamics. This paper reviews the experimental characterization of these effects in metallic systems, which have so far shown the highest efficiency in using spin Hall effects for charge-to-spin interconversion. The advantages and disadvantages of complimentary measurement techniques are discussed and in addition an outlook of the possible impact on applications is presented.
ISSN:0018-9464
1941-0069
DOI:10.1109/TMAG.2013.2262947