Title :
Second-order nonlinear optical effects of spin currents
Author :
Liu, Ren-Bao ; Wang, Jing ; Zhu, Bang-Fen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We show by symmetry analysis and microscopic calculation that a pure spin current has sizable second-order nonlinear optical effects. Thus spin currents can be studied by standard nonlinear optical spectroscopy.
Keywords :
Current measurement; Doppler effect; Magnetization; Nonlinear optics; Optical microscopy; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Physics; Spectroscopy; Tensile stress;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2