Reviews of Modern Physics highlights recent research on Spin Hall effects
The prestigious Reviews of Modern Physics has just published a review paper on Spin Hall effects.
General Physics
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At the edge of a quantum gas: Physicists observe skipping orbits in the quantum Hall regime
JQI scientists have achieved a major milestone in simulating the dynamics of condensed-matter systems – such as the behavior of charged particles in semiconductors and other materials – through manipulation of carefully ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 30, 2015
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Simulation of chiral edge states in a quantum system
Researchers in Florence and Innsbruck have simulated a physical phenomenon in an atomic quantum gas that can also be observed at the edge of some condensed matter systems: chiral currents. The scientists have published the ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 25, 2015
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The first two-way, 2-D, ultra-high mobility Si (111) transistor
The two-dimensional physical properties of semiconductor materials depend keenly on a number of factors, such as material purity, surface orientation, flatness, surface reconstruction, charge carrier polarity, and temperature. ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 2, 2015
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The quantum spin Hall effect is a fundamental property of light
In a paper that crystalizes knowledge from a variety of experiments and theoretical developments, scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan have demonstrated that the quantum spin Hall effect—an ...
General Physics
Jun 25, 2015
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Efficient conversion from spin currents to charge currents in a superconductor
A University of Tokyo research group has successfully measured the spin Hall effect in a superconductor for the first time. The spin Hall effect is responsible for the conversion of magnetic flow to current flow and has not ...
Superconductivity
Jun 23, 2015
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A new and game-changing magnetoresistance
More than 150 years ago, William Thomson, later Lord Kelvin, discovered the magnetoresistive effect. Today, this finding enables sensors to measure the rotational speed of a car wheel, and is also used in compass navigation ...
General Physics
Jun 16, 2015
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Quantization of 'surface Dirac states' could lead to exotic applications
Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan have uncovered the first evidence of an unusual quantum phenomenon—the integer quantum Hall effect—in a new type of film, called a 3D topological ...
General Physics
Apr 14, 2015
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Frustrated magnets: New experiment reveals clues to their discontent
An experiment conducted by Princeton researchers has revealed an unlikely behavior in a class of materials called frustrated magnets, addressing a long-debated question about the nature of these discontented quantum materials.
Quantum Physics
Apr 3, 2015
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Theoretical physicists design 'holy grail' of materials science
Physicists of Utrecht University and their French colleagues have theorized the 'holy grail' of material science. It's a material that should exhibit a unique combination of the exceptional electronic properties of graphene ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 11, 2015
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