Experimental Verification of Comparability between Spin-Orbit and Spin-Diffusion Lengths

Experimental Verification of Comparability between Spin-Orbit and Spin-Diffusion Lengths:
Author(s): Yasuhiro Niimi, Dahai Wei, Hiroshi Idzuchi, Taro Wakamura, Takeo Kato, and YoshiChika Otani
We experimentally confirmed that the spin-orbit lengths of noble metals obtained from weak antilocalization measurements are comparable to the spin diffusion lengths determined from lateral spin valve ones. Even for metals with strong spin-orbit interactions such as Pt, we verified that the two meth...
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 016805] Published Thu Jan 03, 2013