Lowitzer, Stephan, Grandhand, Martin, Koedderitzsch, Diemo, Fedorov, Dmitry V., Mertig, Ingrid and Ebert, Hubert
(2011)
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Contributions to the Spin Hall Effect of Alloys.
Physical Review Letters (PRL) 106, 056601.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 21 Feb 2011 07:56at publisher (via DOI)
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Other URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.056601
Abstract
A fully relativistic description of the spin-orbit induced spin Hall effect is presented that is based on Kubo’s linear response formalism. Using an appropriate operator for the spin-current density a Kubo-Středa-like equation for the spin Hall conductivity (SHC) is obtained. An implementation using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker band structure method in combination with the coherent potential ...
Abstract
A fully relativistic description of the spin-orbit induced spin Hall effect is presented that is based on Kubo’s linear response formalism. Using an appropriate operator for the spin-current density a Kubo-Středa-like equation for the spin Hall conductivity (SHC) is obtained. An implementation using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker band structure method in combination with the coherent potential approximation allow detailed investigations on various alloy systems. A decomposition of the SHC into intrinsic and extrinsic contributions is suggested. Accompanying calculations for the skew-scattering contribution of the SHC using the Boltzmann equation demonstrate the equivalence to the Kubo formalism in the dilute alloy regime and support the suggested decomposition scheme.
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Item type: | Article |
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Date: | 4 February 2011 |
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Institutions: | UNSPECIFIED |
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Projects: | SFB 689: Spinphänomene in reduzierten Dimensionen |
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Identification Number: | Value | Type |
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.056601 | DOI | 1010.5520 | arXiv ID |
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Classification: | Notation | Type |
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72.25.Ba, 71.15.Rf, 75.76.+j, 85.75.-d | PACS |
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Dewey Decimal Classification: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
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Status: | Published |
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Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed |
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Created at the University of Regensburg: | No |
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Item ID: | 19674 |
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