Role of transparency of platinum-ferromagnet interfaces in determining the intrinsic magnitude of the spin Hall effect

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 496-502

  Zhang, Weifeng ^a,b   Han, Wei ^a,c,d   Jiang, Xin ^a,f   Yang, See Hun ^a   Parkin, Stuart S P ^a,e  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^f WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENTS; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETS; PLATINUM; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TRANSPARENCY;

CHARGE CURRENT; FERROMAGNETIC FILMS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENTS; INTERFACE TRANSPARENCY; MAGNETIC LAYERS; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

EID: 84930373567     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3304     Document Type: Article

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