Spin Hall effect at interfaces between HgTe/CdTe quantum wells and metals
Spin Hall effect at interfaces between HgTe/CdTe quantum wells and metals
We study the spin-dependent transmission through interfaces between a HgTe/CdTe quantum well (QW) and a metal for both the normal metal and the superconducting cases. Interestingly, we discover a type of spin Hall effect at these interfaces that happens to exist even in the absence of structure and bulk inversion …