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Lateral Spin Transport (Diffusive Spin Current)

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The transport properties of the diffusive pure spin current induced in the metallic nanostructures are discussed. The author introduces the methods for the efficient generation, manipulation, and detection of the pure spin current in laterally configured ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic metal hybrid structures. The experimental demonstration of the magnetization switching using the pure spin current is also introduced.

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The author would like to thank Prof. Otani for the valuable discussions and the financial supports from NEDO and CREST.

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  1. Department of Physics, Inamori Frontier Research Center, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Takashi Kimura

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  2. Dept. Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara College of Letters & Science, Santa Barbara, California, USA

    David D. Awschalom

  3. Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

    Junsaku Nitta

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Kimura, T. (2014). Lateral Spin Transport (Diffusive Spin Current). In: Xu, Y., Awschalom, D., Nitta, J. (eds) Handbook of Spintronics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7604-3_55-1

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