Observation of the inverse spin Hall effect in silicon

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ando, Kazuya ^a   Saitoh, Eiji ^a,b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON; INVERSE SPIN HALL EFFECT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84856727931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1640     Document Type: Article

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