Quantum oxide materials possess a vast range of properties stemming from the interplay between the lattice, charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom, in which electron correlations often play an important role. Historically, the spin-orbit coupling was rarely a dominant energy scale in oxides. It however recently came to the forefront, unleashing various exotic phenomena connected with real and reciprocal-space topology that may be harnessed in spintronics. In this article, we review the recent advances in the new field of oxide spin-orbitronics with a special focus on spin-charge interconversion from the direct and inverse spin Hall and Edelstein effects, and on the generation and observation of topological spin textures such as skyrmions. We highlight the control of spin-orbit-driven effects by ferroelectricity and give perspectives for the field.
Orbitronics: orbit-spin interconversions for long range orbital propagation enabled by spin current
Université de Lorraine(洛林大学);CNRS UMR 7198, Institut Jean Lamour(法国国家科学研究中心联合研究实验室7198,让·拉缪尔研究所);Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos(圣马科斯国立大学);Laboratoire Albert Fert, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay(阿尔伯特·费尔特实验室,法国国家科学研究中心,泰雷兹集团,巴黎萨克雷大学);Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo(东京大学固体物理研究所);Hunan Normal University(湖南师范大学);Southeast University(东南大学);Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas, Biomédicas y Medioambientales(技术、生物医学和环境的创新中心);Beihang University(北京航空航天大学)
Domain-wall-to-domain interconversion in a polar conducting oxide
University of Groningen(格罗宁根大学);Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen(格罗宁根大学泽尔尼克先进材料研究所);Groningen Cognitive Systems and Materials Center (CogniGron), University of Groningen(格罗宁根认知系统与材料中心);Faculty of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen(杜伊斯堡-埃森大学物理学院);Research Center Future Energy Materials and Systems (RC FEMS), Research Alliance Ruhr(鲁尔研究联盟未来能源材料与系统研究中心);Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, UMR 6283 CNRS, Le Mans Université(勒芒大学CNRS 6283分子与材料研究所);The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)(欧洲同步辐射装置);Theoretical Materials Physics, Q-MAT, University of Liège(列日大学Q-MAT理论物质物理)
Inducing ferromagnetism by structural engineering in a strongly spin-orbit coupled oxide
Universität Würzburg(维尔茨堡大学);International Research Centre MagTop, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences(波兰科学院物理研究所磁顶国际研究中心);CNR-SPIN, UOS Salerno(萨莱诺国家研究委员会自旋单元);Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden(德累斯顿莱布尼兹固体与材料研究所);TU Dresden(德累斯顿工业大学);Synchrotron SOLEIL(索雷尔同步辐射中心)
Orbital and Spin Edelstein Effects in KTaO$_3$(110) Two-Dimensional Electron Gases
Laboratoire Albert Fert, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay(阿尔伯特·费尔特实验室);Laboratoire de Physique et d’Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS(物理与材料研究实验室,巴黎高等物理化工学院);Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay(固体物理实验室);Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics(萨哈核物理研究所);Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg(马丁·路德·哈雷-维滕贝格大学物理研究所);Spintec, Université Grenoble Alpes/CNRS/CEA(自旋电子学实验室);Laboratoire de Physique de l’École Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité(巴黎高等师范学院物理实验室);Synchrotron SOLEIL(SOLEIL同步辐射中心)
Time- and Frequency-Resolved Observation of Inverse Orbital Hall Effect in Gallium Nitride via Terahertz Polarimetry
The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo(东京大学固体物理研究所);Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University(京都大学电子科学与工程系)