TY - JOUR
T1 - Indication of intrinsic spin Hall effect in 4d and 5d transition metals
AU - Morota, M.
AU - Niimi, Y.
AU - Ohnishi, K.
AU - Wei, D. H.
AU - Tanaka, T.
AU - Kontani, H.
AU - Kimura, T.
AU - Otani, Y.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011/5/2
Y1 - 2011/5/2
N2 - We have investigated spin Hall effects in 4d and 5d transition metals, Nb, Ta, Mo, Pd, and Pt, by incorporating the spin absorption method in the lateral spin valve structure, where large spin current preferably relaxes into the transition metals, exhibiting strong spin-orbit interactions. Thereby nonlocal spin valve measurements enable us to evaluate their spin Hall conductivities. The sign of the spin Hall conductivity changes systematically depending on the number of d electrons. This tendency is in good agreement with the recent theoretical calculation based on the intrinsic spin Hall effect.
AB - We have investigated spin Hall effects in 4d and 5d transition metals, Nb, Ta, Mo, Pd, and Pt, by incorporating the spin absorption method in the lateral spin valve structure, where large spin current preferably relaxes into the transition metals, exhibiting strong spin-orbit interactions. Thereby nonlocal spin valve measurements enable us to evaluate their spin Hall conductivities. The sign of the spin Hall conductivity changes systematically depending on the number of d electrons. This tendency is in good agreement with the recent theoretical calculation based on the intrinsic spin Hall effect.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.174405
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.174405
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79961072152
VL - 83
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 17
M1 - 174405
ER -