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A new spin for oxide interfaces

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The variety of emergent phenomena occurring at oxide interfaces has made these systems the focus of intense study in recent years. We argue that spin–orbit effects in oxide interfaces provide a versatile handle to generate, control and convert spin currents, with a view towards low-power spintronics.

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Fig. 1: Scattering time and Rashba coefficients for various two-dimensional systems.
Fig. 2: Generating a spin current in a SrTiO3 2DEG.
Fig. 3: Emergent quantum phenomena in SrTiO3-based 2DEGs.

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Acknowledgements

We thank A. Fert, P. Noël and D.C. Vaz for useful discussions. This work received support from the ERC CoG ‘MINT’ (#615759) and the French ANR project ‘OISO’ (ANR-17-CE24-0026).

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  2. Spintec, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble, France

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