Experimental Observation of the Inverse Spin Hall Effect at Room Temperature.

Liu, B. ; Shi, J. ; Wang, W. ; Zhao, H. ; Li, D. ; Zhang, S. ; Xue, Q. ; Chen, D.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Spin;    Hall effect;    Electron gas;    Quantum wells;    Electric currents;   

RP-ID  :  DE2010973794

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

We observe the inverse spin Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron gas confined in Al-GaAs/InGaAs quantum wells. Specifically, they find that an inhomogeneous spin density induced by the optical injection gives rise to an electric current transverse to both the spin polarization and its gradient. The spin Hall conductivity can be inferred from such a measurement through the Einstein relation and the onsager relation, and is found to have the order of magnitude of 0.5(e(sup 2)/h). The observation is made at the room temperature and in samples with macroscopic sizes, suggesting that the inverse spin Hall effects is a robust macroscopic transport phenomenon.