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Observation of Terahertz Spin Hall Conductivity Spectrum in GaAs with Optical Spin Injection
We report the first observation of the spin Hall conductivity spectrum in
GaAs at room temperature. After the optical injection of spin-polarized
carriers, polarization rotation of a terahertz pulse is observed as a
manifestation of the inverse spin Hall effect. The spectrum for the spin Hall
conductivity of electrons exhibits an excellent agreement with microscopic
theories only using known parameters. The results clearly demonstrate that,
unlike in the DC regime, the intrinsic Berry-curvature mechanism is dominant in
terahertz frequency, enabling high-speed less-dissipative charge-spin current
conversion.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figure