Abstract
We carried out a concerted effort to determine the absolute sign of the inverse spin Hall effect voltage generated by spin currents injected into a normal metal. We focus on yttrium iron garnet (YIG)vertical bar platinum bilayers at room temperature, generating spin currents by microwaves and temperature gradients. We find consistent results for different samples and measurement setups that agree with theory. We suggest a right-hand-rule to define a positive spin Hall angle corresponding to the voltage expected for the simple case of scattering of free electrons from repulsive Coulomb charges.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 025001 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21-Jan-2015 |
Keywords
- spin Hall effect
- spin pumping
- spin Seebeck effect
- SEMICONDUCTORS
- METALS