Spin to Charge Conversion at Room Temperature by Spin Pumping into a New Type of Topological Insulator: α -Sn Films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Rojas Sanchez J C ^a,f   Oyarzun S ^b,c   Fu, Y ^b,c   Marty, A ^b,c   Vergnaud, C ^b,c   Gambarelli, S ^b,c   Vila, L ^b,c   Jamet, M ^b,c   Ohtsubo, Y ^d   Taleb Ibrahimi, A ^e   Le Fevre P ^e   Bertran, F ^e   Reyren, N ^a   George, J M ^a   Fert, A ^a  

^a UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PUMPS; SILVER; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE CURRENT; DIRAC CONES; SPIN-PUMPING; SPINTRONIC DEVICE; TIME-RESOLVED; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

TIN;

IRON; SILVER; TIN;

CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

IRON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SILVER; TEMPERATURE; TIN;

EID: 84960532204     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.096602     Document Type: Article

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