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Evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface
The spin–orbit coupling relating the electron spin and momentum allows for spin generation, detection and manipulation. It thus fulfils the three basic functions of the spin field-effect transistor. However, the spin Hall effect in bulk germanium is too weak to produce spin currents, whereas large R...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5171917/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27976747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13857 |
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author | Oyarzún, S. Nandy, A. K. Rortais, F. Rojas-Sánchez, J.-C. Dau, M.-T. Noël, P. Laczkowski, P. Pouget, S. Okuno, H. Vila, L. Vergnaud, C. Beigné, C. Marty, A. Attané, J.-P. Gambarelli, S. George, J.-M. Jaffrès, H. Blügel, S. Jamet, M. |
author_facet | Oyarzún, S. Nandy, A. K. Rortais, F. Rojas-Sánchez, J.-C. Dau, M.-T. Noël, P. Laczkowski, P. Pouget, S. Okuno, H. Vila, L. Vergnaud, C. Beigné, C. Marty, A. Attané, J.-P. Gambarelli, S. George, J.-M. Jaffrès, H. Blügel, S. Jamet, M. |
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description | The spin–orbit coupling relating the electron spin and momentum allows for spin generation, detection and manipulation. It thus fulfils the three basic functions of the spin field-effect transistor. However, the spin Hall effect in bulk germanium is too weak to produce spin currents, whereas large Rashba effect at Ge(111) surfaces covered with heavy metals could generate spin-polarized currents. The Rashba spin splitting can actually be as large as hundreds of meV. Here we show a giant spin-to-charge conversion in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface due to the Rashba coupling. We generate very large charge currents by direct spin pumping into the interface states from 20 K to room temperature. The presence of these metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface is demonstrated by first-principles electronic structure calculations. By this, we demonstrate how to take advantage of the spin–orbit coupling for the development of the spin field-effect transistor. |
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spelling | pubmed-51719172016-12-23 Evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface Oyarzún, S. Nandy, A. K. Rortais, F. Rojas-Sánchez, J.-C. Dau, M.-T. Noël, P. Laczkowski, P. Pouget, S. Okuno, H. Vila, L. Vergnaud, C. Beigné, C. Marty, A. Attané, J.-P. Gambarelli, S. George, J.-M. Jaffrès, H. Blügel, S. Jamet, M. Nat Commun Article The spin–orbit coupling relating the electron spin and momentum allows for spin generation, detection and manipulation. It thus fulfils the three basic functions of the spin field-effect transistor. However, the spin Hall effect in bulk germanium is too weak to produce spin currents, whereas large Rashba effect at Ge(111) surfaces covered with heavy metals could generate spin-polarized currents. The Rashba spin splitting can actually be as large as hundreds of meV. Here we show a giant spin-to-charge conversion in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface due to the Rashba coupling. We generate very large charge currents by direct spin pumping into the interface states from 20 K to room temperature. The presence of these metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface is demonstrated by first-principles electronic structure calculations. By this, we demonstrate how to take advantage of the spin–orbit coupling for the development of the spin field-effect transistor. Nature Publishing Group 2016-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5171917/ /pubmed/27976747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13857 Text en Copyright © 2016, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Oyarzún, S. Nandy, A. K. Rortais, F. Rojas-Sánchez, J.-C. Dau, M.-T. Noël, P. Laczkowski, P. Pouget, S. Okuno, H. Vila, L. Vergnaud, C. Beigné, C. Marty, A. Attané, J.-P. Gambarelli, S. George, J.-M. Jaffrès, H. Blügel, S. Jamet, M. Evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface |
title | Evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface |
title_full | Evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface |
title_fullStr | Evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface |
title_full_unstemmed | Evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface |
title_short | Evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface |
title_sort | evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by rashba coupling in metallic states at the fe/ge(111) interface |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5171917/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27976747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13857 |
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