Indication of intrinsic spin Hall effect in 4d and 5d transition metals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Morota, M ^a   Niimi, Y ^a   Ohnishi, K ^a   Wei, D H ^a   Tanaka, T ^b   Kontani, H ^b   Kimura, T ^a,d   Otani, Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 79961072152     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.174405     Document Type: Article

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