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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 90, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.214432
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- Army Research Office [W911NF-14-1-0016]
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We measure transient spin accumulation in Cu, Ag, and Au by time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect. The transient spin current is generated by ultrafast demagnetization of a ferromagnetic [Co/Pt] layer, and spin accumulates in an adjacent normal metal, Cu, Ag, or Au by spin diffusion. The magnitude of the Kerr rotation is described by an off-diagonal conductivity tensor that is proportional to spin accumulation and spin-orbit coupling. From comparisons between observed Kerr rotations and calculated spin accumulations, we determine the strength of spin-orbit coupling of conduction electrons in Cu, Ag, and Au to be 0.02, 0.01, and 0.12 eV, respectively.
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