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Journal Article
Electric control of the spin Hall effect by intervalley transitions
2014
Overview
Controlling spin-related material properties by electronic means is a key step towards future spintronic technologies. The spin Hall effect (SHE) has become increasingly important for generating, detecting and using spin currents, but its strength—quantified in terms of the SHE angle—is ultimately fixed by the magnitude of the spin–orbit coupling (SOC) present for any given material system. However, if the electrons generating the SHE can be controlled by populating different areas (valleys) of the electronic structure with different SOC characteristic the SHE angle can be tuned directly within a single sample. Here we report the manipulation of the SHE in bulk GaAs at room temperature by means of an electrical intervalley transition induced in the conduction band. The spin Hall angle was determined by measuring an electromotive force driven by photoexcited spin-polarized electrons drifting through GaAs Hall bars. By controlling electron populations in different (Γ and L) valleys, we manipulated the angle from 0.0005 to 0.02. This change by a factor of 40 is unprecedented in GaAs and the highest value achieved is comparable to that of the heavy metal Pt.
The spin Hall effect plays a central role in generating and manipulating spin currents, but its magnitude is ultimately fixed by spin–orbit coupling effects. It is now shown that the spin-Hall-effect angle can be tuned electrically in GaAs.
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Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
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