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具有大局域自旋极化的双中心对称层状晶体的研究与设计

Search and design of nonmagnetic centrosymmetric layered crystals with large local spin polarization

Qihang Liu, Xiuwen Zhang, Hosub Jin, Kanber Lam, Jino Im, Arthur J. Freeman, Alex Zunger

摘要:

直到最近,自旋极化的材料是专有领域的非中心对称结构。最近的研究表明,一种形式的隐藏自旋极化(称为Rashba-2或R-2效应)可以存在于全局中心对称的晶体中,只要各个层属于极性点群对称。这一认识可以大大拓宽可能被考虑用于自旋极化自旋电子学应用的材料的范围,以包括迄今为止被禁止的属于中心对称的自旋电子化合物。在这里,我们采取必要的步骤,从这种一般的,材料不可知的凝聚态理论的论点过渡到材料的具体设计原则,可以帮助未来的实验室搜索的R-2材料。具体而言,我们(i)根据其预期的R-2行为对文献中已广泛研究的不同原型层状结构进行分类,包括Bi 2Se 3结构类型(原型拓扑绝缘体),MoS 2结构型(原型谷电子化合物)和LaBiOS 2-结构类型(掺杂后的超导性主体);(ii)用公式表示理想R-2化合物的整体晶胞对称性与其组成扇区的特定点群对称性的组合;(iii)使用第一性原理能带理论从满足这些R-2设计度量的LaOBiS 2型结构的原型族中搜索化合物。我们首先考虑稳定的和假设的化合物,以建立对R-2与组成的趋势的理解,然后指出预期是稳定的和可合成的预测。我们预测大的自旋分裂(高达200毫电子伏的LaOBiTe 2洞)以及表面Rashba状态。需要对这种预测进行实验检验。

英文摘要:

Until recently, spin-polarization in nonmagnetic materials was the exclusive territory of non- centrosymmetric structures. It was recently shown that a form of hidden spin polarization (named the Rashba-2 or R-2 effect) could exist in globally centrosymmetric crystals provided the individual layers belong to polar point group symmetries. This realization could considerably broaden the range of materials that might be considered for spin-polarization spintronic applications to include the hitherto forbidden spintronic compound that belong to centrosymetric symmetries. Here we take the necessary steps to transition from such general, material-agnostic condensed matter theory arguments to material-specific design principles that could aid future laboratory search of R-2 materials. Specifically, we (i) classify different prototype layered structures that have been broadly studied in the literature in terms of their expected R-2 behavior, including the Bi2Se3-structure type (a prototype topological insulator), MoS2-structure type (a prototype valleytronic compound) and LaBiOS2-structure type (a host of superconductivity upon doping); (ii) formulate the properties that ideal R-2 compounds should have in terms of combination of their global unit cell symmetries with specific point group symmetries of their constituent sectors; (iii) use first-principles band theory to search for compounds from the prototype family of LaOBiS2-type structures that satisfy these R-2 design metrics. We initially consider both stable and hypothetical compounds to establish an understanding of trends of R-2 with composition, and then indicate the predictions that are expected to be stable and synthesizable. We predict large spin splittings (up to ~ 200 meV for holes in LaOBiTe2) as well as surface Rashba states. Experimental testing of such predictions is called for.

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