Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Oxide interfaces

Spin-to-charge current conversion

Oxide interfaces with tunable spin–orbit coupling provide an ideal environment to achieve highly efficient conversion of spin currents into charge currents.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: Rashba spin–orbit coupling and inverse Edelstein effect in a 2DEG.

References

  1. Lesne, E. et al. Nat. Mater. 15, 1261–1266 (2016).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Ohtomo, A. & Hwang, H. Y. Nature 427, 423–426 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Reyren, N. et al. Science 317, 1196–1199 (2007).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Caviglia, A. D. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 126803 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Caprara, S., Peronaci, F. & Grilli, M. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 196401 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Hurand, S. et al. Sci. Rep. 5, 12751 (2015).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Seibold, G., Caprara, S., Grilli, M. & Raimondi, R. Europhys. Lett. 112, 17004 (2015).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Bychkov, Y. A. & Rashba, E. I. JETP Lett. 39, 78–81 (1984).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Edelstein, V. M. Solid State Commun. 73, 233–235 (1990).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Rojas-Sánchez, J. C. et al. Nat. Commun. 4, 2944 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sergio Caprara.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Caprara, S. Spin-to-charge current conversion. Nature Mater 15, 1224–1225 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4806

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4806

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing