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拓扑绝缘体中电流诱导自旋极化的化学势依赖性

Mapping the chemical potential dependence of current-induced spin polarization in a topological insulator

Joon Sue Lee, Anthony Richardella, Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Nitin Samarth

摘要:

我们报告了在拓扑绝缘体器件中电流诱导的表面电流自旋极化的电测量,其中体导电和表面导电的贡献可以通过电门来解开。该器件使用铁磁隧道结(坡莫合金/Al 2 O3)作为背栅(Bi,Sb)2 Te 3通道上的自旋检测器。我们观察到滞后电压信号的检测器铁磁体的磁化切换平行或反平行的自旋极化的表面电流。检测到的电压变化的幅度与(Bi,Sb)2 Te 3通道中施加的DC偏置电流成线性比例。由于化学势从体能带调谐到表面态能带,我们观察到静电门控范围内自旋相关电压的增强高达300%。使用一个简单的模型,我们提取的自旋极化附近的电荷中性(即狄拉克点)。

英文摘要:

We report electrical measurements of the current-induced spin polarization of the surface current in topological insulator devices where contributions from bulk and surface conduction can be disen- tangled by electrical gating. The devices use a ferromagnetic tunnel junction (permalloy/Al2O3) as a spin detector on a back-gated (Bi,Sb)2Te3 channel. We observe hysteretic voltage signals as the magnetization of the detector ferromagnet is switched parallel or anti-parallel to the spin polariza- tion of the surface current. The amplitude of the detected voltage change is linearly proportional to the applied DC bias current in the (Bi,Sb)2Te3 channel. As the chemical potential is tuned from the bulk bands into the surface state band, we observe an enhancement of the spin-dependent voltages up to 300% within the range of the electrostatic gating. Using a simple model, we extract the spin polarization near charge neutrality (i.e. the Dirac point).

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