Inverse spin Hall effect
A pure spin current in a heavy metal such as Pt is converted by spin–orbit coupling into a transverse charge current. The standard detector for spin currents at room temperature.
Atlas record: 6 claims reference this phenomenon — 6 established.
Explorerelations · matrix context · routes · sources · cite
Relations
- a heavy metal with strong spin–orbit coupling (Pt, Ta, W); works at room temperature
- the spin Hall and inverse spin Hall angles are equal
Matrix context
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Enumerated routes through this · 20
- Spin Seebeck thermopile5/5 est · demonstrated
- Spin pumping with inverse spin Hall detection5/5 est · demonstrated
- Spin accumulation → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work3/3 est · candidate
- Temperature gradient → Spin Nernst effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · candidate
- Electric potential difference → Spin Hall effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form
- Temperature gradient → Spin Seebeck effect → Magnons → Magnon transport → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · candidate
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Spin Nernst effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · candidate
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Spin Seebeck effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Spin Nernst effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Spin Seebeck effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Spin Nernst effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Spin Seebeck effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · same energy form
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Spin Nernst effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · candidate
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Spin Seebeck effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Spin Nernst effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · candidate
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Spin Seebeck effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Spin Nernst effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Spin Seebeck effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Spin Nernst effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/7 est · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Spin Seebeck effect → Spin current → Inverse spin Hall effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
Cited sources · 3
- [1]E. Saitoh et al.. Conversion of spin current into charge current at room temperature: Inverse spin-Hall effect (2006)
- [2]J. Sinova et al.. Spin Hall effects (2015)
- [3]O. Mosendz et al.. Quantifying spin Hall angles from spin pumping: Experiments and theory (2010)
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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). entity phenomenon:inverse-spin-hall-effect: Inverse spin Hall effect. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/phenomenon/inverse-spin-hall-effect
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