Spin-dependent phenomena and device concepts explored in (Ga, Mn) As

T Jungwirth, J Wunderlich, V Novák, K Olejník… - Reviews of Modern …, 2014 - APS
Over the past two decades, the research of (Ga, Mn) As has led to a deeper understanding
of relativistic spin-dependent phenomena in magnetic systems. It has also led to discoveries …

Switching of perpendicular magnetization by spin–orbit torques in the absence of external magnetic fields

G Yu, P Upadhyaya, Y Fan, JG Alzate, W Jiang… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Magnetization switching by current-induced spin–orbit torques is of great interest due to its
potential applications in ultralow-power memory and logic devices. The switching of …

The valley Hall effect in MoS2 transistors

KF Mak, KL McGill, J Park, PL McEuen - Science, 2014 - science.org
Electrons in two-dimensional crystals with a honeycomb lattice structure possess a valley
degree of freedom (DOF) in addition to charge and spin. These systems are predicted to …

Anomalous Hall effect in Weyl metals

AA Burkov - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
We present a theory of the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in a doped Weyl semimetal, or Weyl
metal, including both intrinsic and extrinsic (impurity scattering) contributions. We …

An antidamping spin–orbit torque originating from the Berry curvature

H Kurebayashi, J Sinova, D Fang, AC Irvine… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Magnetization switching at the interface between ferromagnetic and paramagnetic metals,
controlled by current-induced torques, could be exploited in magnetic memory technologies …

Microscopic theory of the inverse Edelstein effect

K Shen, G Vignale, R Raimondi - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
We provide a precise microscopic definition of the recently observed inverse Edelstein effect
in which a nonequilibrium spin accumulation in the plane of a two-dimensional (interfacial) …

Nanowire spin torque oscillator driven by spin orbit torques

Z Duan, A Smith, L Yang, B Youngblood… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Spin torque from spin current applied to a nanoscale region of a ferromagnet can act as
negative magnetic damping and thereby excite self-oscillations of its magnetization. In …

Observation of inverse spin Hall effect in bismuth selenide

P Deorani, J Son, K Banerjee, N Koirala, M Brahlek… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
Bismuth Selenide (Bi 2 Se 3) is a topological insulator exhibiting helical spin polarization
and strong spin-orbit coupling. The spin-orbit coupling links the charge current to spin …

Superfluid spin transport through easy-plane ferromagnetic insulators

S Takei, Y Tserkovnyak - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
Superfluid spin transport—dissipationless transport of spin—is theoretically studied in a
ferromagnetic insulator with easy-plane anisotropy. We consider an open geometry where …

Real-space Berry phases: Skyrmion soccer

K Everschor-Sitte, M Sitte - Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Berry phases occur when a system adiabatically evolves along a closed curve in parameter
space. This tutorial-like article focuses on Berry phases accumulated in real space. In …