Universal Intrinsic Spin Hall Effect

Abstract

We describe a new effect in semiconductor spintronics that leads to dissipationless spin currents in paramagnetic spin-orbit coupled systems. We argue that in a high-mobility two-dimensional electron system with substantial Rashba spin-orbit coupling, a spin current that flows perpendicular to the charge current is intrinsic. In the usual case where both spin-orbit split bands are occupied, the intrinsic spin-Hall conductivity has a universal value for zero quasiparticle spectral broadening.

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Condensed matter physicsSpintronicsSpin Hall effectPhysicsSpin (aerodynamics)Spin–orbit interactionSpinplasmonicsQuasiparticleZero field splittingQuantum spin Hall effectCoupling (piping)Spin engineeringSemiconductorSpin polarizationElectronQuantum Hall effectQuantum mechanicsMaterials scienceFerromagnetism

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Year: 2004
Type: article
Volume: 92
Issue: 12
Pages: 126603-126603
Citations: 2078
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                                    Jairo Sinova, 
                                
                                    Dimitrie Culcer, 
                                
                                    Qian Niu
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2004). 
                            Universal Intrinsic Spin Hall Effect. 
                            Physical Review Letters
                            , 92
                            (12)
                            , 126603-126603.
                            https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.126603
                        

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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.126603

Universal Intrinsic Spin Hall Effect

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