Novel magnetoresistance effect through spin currents discovered

05/13/2013

Novel magnetoresistance effect through spin currents discovered

-Possibilities towards research and development of new electronic devices-

Summary

Ph.D. student Hiroyasu Nakayama of the Institute for Materials Research of Tohoku University and Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Professor Eiji Saitoh of the Advanced Institute for Materials Research (concurrently Professor at the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University and Visiting Group Leader at the Advanced Science Research Center of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency), and Professor Gerrit E. W. Bauer of the Institute for Materials Research (concurrently Affiliated Professor at the Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University), and co-workers discovered a new magnetoresistance effect that could be explained in terms of the flow of electron spins.

Article Information

H. Nakayama, M. Althammer, Y.-T. Chen, K. Uchida, Y. Kajiwara, D. Kikuchi, T. Ohtani, S. Geprägs, M. Opel, S. Takahashi, R. Gross, G. E. W. Bauer, S. T. B. Goennenwein, and E. Saitoh, "Spin Hall Magnetoresistance Induced by a Nonequilibrium Proximity Effect" Physical Review Letters (2013)

Contact

about the research

Hiroyasu Nakayama
Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University

Address : 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
TEL : 022-217-5554
E-MAIL : hnakayam@riec.tohoku.ac.jp

Eiji Saitoh
Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

Address : 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
TEL : +81-22-215-2021
E-MAIL : saitoheiji@imr.tohoku.ac.jp


Public Relations

Yasufumi Nakamichi
Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

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E-MAIL : outreach@wpi-aimr.tohoku.ac.jp