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Magneto-Optical Detection of the Orbital Hall Effect in Chromium
Published 19 Jun 2023 in cond-mat.mes-hall and cond-mat.mtrl-sci | (2306.10673v1)
Abstract: The orbital Hall effect has been theoretically predicted but its direct observation is a challenge. Here, we report the magneto-optical detection of current-induced orbital accumulation at the surface of a light 3$d$ transition metal, Cr. The orbital polarization is in-plane, transverse to the current direction, and scales linearly with current density, consistent with the orbital Hall effect. Comparing the thickness-dependent magneto-optical measurements with $\textit{ab initio}$ calculations, we estimate an orbital diffusion length in Cr of $6.6\pm 0.6$ nm.
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