Spin Hall effect induced by resonant scattering on impurities in metals.

The spin Hall effect is a promising way for transforming charge currents into spin currents in spintronic devices. Large values of the spin Hall angle, the characteristic parameter of the yield of this transformation, have been recently found in noble metals doped with nonmagnetic impurities. We show that this can be explained by resonant scattering off impurity states split by the spin-orbit interaction. By using as an example copper doped with 5d impurities we describe the general conditions and provide a guide for experimentalists for obtaining the largest effects.

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