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Current-induced spin polarization of holes in tellurium

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The current-induced optical activity in a tellurium single crystal has been experimentally investigated in the mid-infrared spectral region. The phenomenological theory of the current-induced optical activity has been considered and the microscopic mechanism of this phenomenon has been described. The dependence of the degree of spin polarization of holes in tellurium on the electric current density has been determined. An approximate analytical expression relating the current-induced optical activity to the degree of spin polarization of holes has been obtained.

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  1. St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 29, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russia

    V. A. Shalygin, A. N. Sofronov & L. E. Vorob’ev

  2. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    I. I. Farbshtein

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Shalygin, A.N. Sofronov, L.E. Vorob’ev, and I.I. Farbshtein, 2012, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2012, Vol. 54, No. 12, pp. 2237–2247.

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Shalygin, V.A., Sofronov, A.N., Vorob’ev, L.E. et al. Current-induced spin polarization of holes in tellurium. Phys. Solid State 54, 2362–2373 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783412120281

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