Enhanced spin Seebeck effect signal due to spin-momentum locked topological surface states

Zilong Jiang; Cui-Zu Chang; Massoud Ramezani Masir; Chi Tang; Yadong Xu; Jagadeesh S. Moodera; Allan H. MacDonald; Jing Shi

doi:10.1038/ncomms11458

Nature Communications (May 2016)

Enhanced spin Seebeck effect signal due to spin-momentum locked topological surface states

Zilong Jiang,
Cui-Zu Chang,
Massoud Ramezani Masir,
Chi Tang,
Yadong Xu,
Jagadeesh S. Moodera,
Allan H. MacDonald,
Jing Shi

Affiliations

Zilong Jiang: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 3401 Watkins Drive, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Cui-Zu Chang: Francis Bitter Magnet Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massoud Ramezani Masir: Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin
Chi Tang: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 3401 Watkins Drive, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Yadong Xu: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 3401 Watkins Drive, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Jagadeesh S. Moodera: Francis Bitter Magnet Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Allan H. MacDonald: Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin
Jing Shi: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, 3401 Watkins Drive, Riverside, California 92521, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11458
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

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Future spintronic devices may exploit topological insulators, bulk insulators with unique spin-momentum locked conductive surface states. Here, the authors demonstrate the detection of thermally-generated spin currents in a ferromagnetic-insulator/topological-insulator heterostructure.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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