학술논문

Theoretical Study of Extrinsic Spin-current Generation in Ferromagnets Induced by Anisotropic Spin-flip Scattering
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Phys. Rev. B 104, 094417 (2021)
Subject
Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Language
Abstract
The spin Hall effect (SHE) and the magnetic spin Hall effect (MSHE) are responsible for electrical spin current generation, which is a key concept of modern spintronics. We theoretically investigated the spin conductivity induced by spin-dependent s-d scattering in a ferromagnetic 3d alloy model by employing microscopic transport theory based on the Kubo formula. We derived a novel extrinsic mechanism that contributes to both the SHE and MSHE. This mechanism can be understood as the contribution from anisotropic (spatial-dependent) spin-flip scattering due to the combination of the orbital-dependent anisotropic shape of s-d hybridization and spin flipping, with the orbital shift caused by spin-orbit interaction with the d-orbitals. We also show that this mechanism is valid under crystal-field splitting among the d-orbitals in either the cubic or tetragonal symmetry.
Comment: 34 pages, 15 figures