Spin-current probe for phase transition in an insulator

Whilst neutron scattering is a powerful tool for studying spin fluctuations in materials, its availability is limited to large-scale user facilities. Here, the authors demonstrate how the pumping of pure spin currents can be used as a desktop probe to detect an antiferromagnetic transition.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhiyong Qiu, Jia Li, Dazhi Hou, Elke Arenholz, Alpha T. N’Diaye, Ali Tan, Ken-ichi Uchida, Koji Sato, Satoshi Okamoto, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, Z. Q. Qiu, Eiji Saitoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12670