| Spin Hall effect (1999) | |||||||||
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| It is proposed that when a charge current circulates in a paramagnetic metal a transverse spin imbalance will be generated, giving rise to a 'spin Hall voltage'. Similarly, that when a spin current circulates a transverse charge imbalance will be generated, hence a Hall voltage, in the absence of charge current and magnetic field. Based on these principles we propose an experiment to generate and detect a spin current in a paramagnetic metal.. Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett. Author's e-mail: jhirsch@ucsd.edu | |||||||||
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