Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5490758 | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The spin-Hall effect is the generation of a transverse spin-current induced by a longitudinal electric field. Among the various scattering mechanisms which can induce a finite spin-Hall effect we focus on the intrinsic contribution arising from a Rashba-type spin-orbit (RSO) coupling which for couplings linear in momentum usually vanishes. Here we show that non-homogeneity in the spin-orbit coupling arising from structure inversion asymmetry gives rise to a finite spin-Hall effect which we exemplify for a system with striped Rashba spin-orbit coupling.
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Authors
G. Seibold, S. Caprara, M. Grilli, R. Raimondi,