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SUBMITTER: Li J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4778061 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Junxue J Xu Yadong Y Aldosary Mohammed M Tang Chi C Lin Zhisheng Z Zhang Shufeng S Lake Roger R Shi Jing J
Nature communications 20160302
Pure spin current, a flow of spin angular momentum without flow of any accompanying net charge, is generated in two common ways. One makes use of the spin Hall effect in normal metals (NM) with strong spin-orbit coupling, such as Pt or Ta. The other utilizes the collective motion of magnetic moments or spin waves with the quasi-particle excitations called magnons. A popular material for the latter is yttrium iron garnet, a magnetic insulator (MI). Here we demonstrate in NM/MI/NM trilayers that t ...[more]