Performance Comparison between Several Heavy Metals and Topological Insulators at Room Temperature (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Performance Comparison between Several Heavy Metals and Topological Insulators at Room Temperature

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Table 1: θSH: spin Hall angle, σ: conductivity, σSH: spin Hall conductivity.

The figures in the bottom row are those achieved in the present study. Remarkably, the spin Hall conductivity, shown in the right-hand column, is two orders of magnitude greater than the previous record.

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Pham Nam Hai

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