Conversion between electron spin and microscopic atomic rotation
Masato Hamada, 村上修一, Shuichi Murakami
2020Tokyo Tech Research Repository (Tokyo Institute of Technology)32 citations
Abstract
The authors theoretically propose microscopic mechanism of conversion between the electron spin and microscopic local rotations of atoms in crystals. In phonon modes with angular momenta, the atoms rotate around their equilibrium positions in crystals. The authors show that spin magnetization is generated by the microscopic local rotation of atoms via the spin-orbit interaction.
Topics & Concepts
Rotation (mathematics)Spin (aerodynamics)Condensed matter physicsElectronPhysicsAtomic physicsMagnetizationMicroscopic theoryMagnetic fieldQuantum mechanicsGeometryMathematicsThermodynamicsTopological Materials and PhenomenaAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsCrystallography and Radiation Phenomena