Spin Hall-induced bilinear magnetoelectric resistance
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Magnetoresistance is a fundamental transport phenomenon that is essential for reading the magnetic states for various information storage, innovative computing and sensor devices. Recent studies have expanded the scope of magnetoresistances to the nonlinear regime, such as a bilinear magnetoelectric resistance (BMER), which is proportional to both electric field and magnetic field. Here we demonstrate that the BMER is a general phenomenon that arises even in three-dimensional systems without explicit momentum-space spin textures. Our theory suggests that the spin Hall effect enables the BMER provided that the magnitudes of spin accumulation at the top and bottom interfaces are not identical. The sign of the BMER follows the sign of the spin Hall effect of heavy metals, thereby evidencing that the BMER originates from the bulk spin Hall effect. Our observation suggests that the BMER serves as a general nonlinear transport characteristic in three-dimensional systems, especially playing a crucial role in antiferromagnetic spintronics.
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OpenAlex topics: Magnetic properties of thin films · Quantum and electron transport phenomena · Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
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