Spin hall effect induced by resonant scattering on impurities in metals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Fert, Albert ^a,b   Levy, Peter M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; CHARGE CURRENT; IMPURITIES IN METALS; IMPURITY STATE; NON-MAGNETIC IMPURITIES; RESONANT SCATTERING; SPIN CURRENTS; SPIN HALL EFFECT; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; SPINTRONIC DEVICE;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; GYRATORS; HALL EFFECT; PRECIOUS METALS;

IMPURITIES;

EID: 79960627982     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.157208     Document Type: Article

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