Nature Communications (May 2020)
Tuning the interfacial spin-orbit coupling with ferroelectricity
- Mei Fang,
- Yanmei Wang,
- Hui Wang,
- Yusheng Hou,
- Eric Vetter,
- Yunfang Kou,
- Wenting Yang,
- Lifeng Yin,
- Zhu Xiao,
- Zhou Li,
- Lu Jiang,
- Ho Nyung Lee,
- Shufeng Zhang,
- Ruqian Wu,
- Xiaoshan Xu,
- Dali Sun,
- Jian Shen
Affiliations
- Mei Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University
- Yanmei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University
- Hui Wang
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Super Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University
- Yusheng Hou
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
- Eric Vetter
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University
- Yunfang Kou
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University
- Wenting Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University
- Lifeng Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University
- Zhu Xiao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University
- Zhou Li
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University
- Lu Jiang
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Ho Nyung Lee
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Shufeng Zhang
- Department of Physics, University of Arizona
- Ruqian Wu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
- Xiaoshan Xu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska
- Dali Sun
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University
- Jian Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16401-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
The spin Hall angle (SHA) is a measure of the efficiency for converting a charge to a spin current is still challenging to tune in situ. Here, the authors demonstrate by introducing a ferroelectric (FE) material in a ferromagnetic/heavy metal stack the SHA can be voltage controled via the polarization of the FE layer.
