Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface

  • S. Oyarzún,
  • A. K. Nandy,
  • F. Rortais,
  • J.-C. Rojas-Sánchez,
  • M.-T. Dau,
  • P. Noël,
  • P. Laczkowski,
  • S. Pouget,
  • H. Okuno,
  • L. Vila,
  • C. Vergnaud,
  • C. Beigné,
  • A. Marty,
  • J.-P. Attané,
  • S. Gambarelli,
  • J.-M. George,
  • H. Jaffrès,
  • S. Blügel,
  • M. Jamet

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13857
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Engineering the interaction between spin and charge is important for the creation of spintronics devices. Here, the authors show that the Rashba effect at a single crystalline Fe/Ge(111) interface produces enhanced spin-charge conversion, which could help develop a spin field-effect-transistor.