Nonreciprocal Spin Current Generation in Surface-Oxidized Copper Films
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS(2019)
摘要
We experimentally demonstrate the nonreciprocal generation of spin current (J(s)) in a surface-oxidized copper film. The efficiency of conversion is at least 320 times larger than the inverse conversion. This nonreciprocity is due to a novel type of J(s) generation, which relies on the transfer of angular momentum from the velocity field of free electrons. A gradient in the electrical mobility in the film produces vorticity in the in-plane drift velocity of the free electrons. The inverse process can hardly occur when J(s), is collinear with the gradient in the electrical mobility.
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