{
  "id": "1308.4012",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2013-08-19T13:10:58.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-08-19T13:10:58.000Z",
  "title": "Insight into the skew-scattering mechanism of the spin Hall effect: potential scattering versus spin-orbit scattering",
  "authors": [
    "Christian Herschbach",
    "Dmitry V. Fedorov",
    "Ingrid Mertig",
    "Martin Gradhand",
    "Kristina Chadova",
    "Hubert Ebert",
    "Diemo Ködderitzsch"
  ],
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 88, 205102 (2013)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.88.205102",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.str-el"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a detailed analysis of the skew-scattering contribution to the spin Hall conductivity using an extended version of the resonant scattering model of Fert and Levy [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\\bf 106}, 157208 (2011)]. For $5d$ impurities in a Cu host, the proposed phase shift model reproduces the corresponding first-principles calculations. Crucial for that agreement is the consideration of two scattering channels related to $p$ and $d$ impurity states, since the discussed mechanism is governed by a subtle interplay between the spin-orbit and potential scattering in both angular-momentum channels. It is shown that the potential scattering strength plays a decisive role for the magnitude of the spin Hall conductivity.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2013-08-19T13:10:58.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "71.15.Rf",
      "72.25.Ba",
      "75.76.+j",
      "85.75.-d"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "spin hall effect",
      "skew-scattering mechanism",
      "spin-orbit scattering",
      "spin hall conductivity",
      "phase shift model reproduces"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2013,
      "month": "Nov",
      "volume": 88,
      "number": 20,
      "pages": 205102
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2013PhRvB..88t5102H"
    }
  }
}