Intrinsic Spin and Orbital Hall Effects from Orbital Texture
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- Title
- Intrinsic Spin and Orbital Hall Effects from Orbital Texture
- Authors
- Go, Dongwook; Jo, Daegeun; Kim, Changyoung; Lee, Hyun-Woo
- Date Issued
- 2018-08
- Publisher
- AMER PHYSICAL SOC
- Abstract
- We show theoretically that both the intrinsic spin Hall effect (SHE) and orbital Hall effect (OHE) can arise in centrosymmetric systems through momentum-space orbital texture, which is ubiquitous even in centrosymmetric systems unlike spin texture. The OHE occurs even without spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and is converted into the SHE through SOC. The resulting spin Hall conductivity is large (comparable to that of Pt) but depends on the SOC strength in a nonmonotonic way. This mechanism is stable against orbital quenching. This work suggests a path for an ongoing search for materials with stronger SHE. It also calls for experimental efforts to probe orbital degrees of freedom in the OHE and SHE. Possible ways for experimental detection are briefly discussed.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/95211
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.086602
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, vol. 121, no. 8, 2018-08
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