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Spin Hall Effect in a Magnetic Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Shufeng Zhang
Shufeng Zhang*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211
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Abstract

When a spin-polarized current is injected into a non-magnetic semiconductor, a transverse electric field known as Hall voltage is generated. By using a macroscopic diffusion equation, we derive the Hall voltage in the presence of both spin current and magnetic field. Novel features such as oscillating Hall signals as a function of the magnetic field and geometrical dependence of Hall signals are predicted.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 690: Symposium F – Spintronics , 2001 , F11.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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