Efficient intrinsic spin-to-charge current conversion in an all-epitaxial single-crystal perovskite-oxide heterostructure of L a0.67 S r0.33Mn O3/LaAl O3/SrTi O3

Abstract

We demonstrate efficient intrinsic spin-to-charge current conversion in a two-dimensional electron gas using an all-epitaxial single-crystal heterostructure of LaSrMnO3/LaAlO3/SrTiO3, which can suppress spin scattering and give us an ideal environment to investigate intrinsic spin-charge conversion. With decreasing temperature to 20 K, the spin-to-charge conversion efficiency is drastically enhanced to +6.7nm. Our band-structure calculation well reproduces this behavior and predicts further enhancement by controlling the density and relaxation time of the carriers.