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Optical control of spin-galvanic currents

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Circularly polarized photoexcitation initiates spin domain formation in polycrystalline halide perovskite films with strong spin–orbit coupling and local inversion symmetry breaking, as revealed by ultrafast optical microscopy.

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Fig. 1: Spin-selective photoexcitation in Rashba-like bands.

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Averitt, R.D. Optical control of spin-galvanic currents. Nat. Mater. 22, 935–936 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01613-1

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