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Charge-spin interconversion in magnetic materials is investigated by using the first-principles calculations. In addition to the conventional spin Hall effect (SHE) that requires mutual orthogonality of the charge current, spin-flow direction, and spin polarization, the recently proposed anomalous SHE (ASHE) is confirmed in Mn2Au and WTe2. The interaction of the order parameter with conduction electrons leads to sizeable non-zero spin Berry curvatures that give rise to anomalous spin Hall conductivity (ASHC). Our calculations show that the ASHE is intrinsic and originates from the order-parameter-controlled spin-orbit interaction, which generates an extra anomalous effective field. A useful relationship among the order parameter, the spin Berry curvature, and the ASHC is revealed. Our findings provide a new avenue for generating and detecting arbitrary types of spin currents.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12074301, 12004295, and 11974296), and Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Grant Nos. 16300522, 16301619, and 16302321). Ping Li thanks the China’s Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (Grant No. 2020M673364), and the Open Project of the Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences (Ministry of Education). This research used the resources of the HPCC platform in Xi’an Jiaotong University. We thank Prof. Jian Zhou and Dr. Yongliang Shi for valuable discussions.
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Li, P., Zhang, JZ., Guo, ZX. et al. Intrinsic anomalous spin Hall effect. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 66, 227511 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-022-1973-x
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