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arXiv 2001.10359cond-mat.mes-hall
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拓扑绝缘体表面的门控自旋提取

Gate-controlled Spin Extraction from Topological Insulator Surfaces

Ali Asgharpour, Cosimo Gorini, Sven Essert, Klaus Richter, İnanç Adagideli

摘要:

自旋-动量锁定是三维拓扑绝缘体(3DTI)表面态的一个重要性质,为自旋电子学的应用提供了新的途径。自旋-动量锁定的一个结果是由于施加的电场引起的表面自旋累积的诱导。在这项工作中,我们研究了这种电诱导自旋从其主机TI材料到相邻的常规,因此拓扑平凡,通常用于电子设备中的材料的提取。我们专注于有效的哈密顿量的铋基3DTI材料的${\rm Bi}_2{\rm Se}_3$家庭,和数值探索的几何形状提取电流诱导的自旋从TI表面。特别是,我们考虑一个设备的几何形状,其中侧袋连接到3DTI量子线的各个面,并表明它是可能的,以创建电流诱导的自旋积累在这些拓扑平凡的侧袋。我们进一步研究了这种自旋提取如何依赖于几何形状和材料参数,并发现电子空穴自由度可以用来控制所提取的自旋的极化由施加的栅极电压。

英文摘要:

Spin-momentum locking, a key property of the surface states of three-dimensional topological insulators (3DTIs), provides a new avenue for spintronics applications. One consequence of spin-momentum locking is the induction of surface spin accumulations due to applied electric fields. In this work, we investigate the extraction of such electrically-induced spins from their host TI material into adjoining conventional, hence topologically trivial, materials that are commonly used in electronics devices. We focus on effective Hamiltonians for bismuth-based 3DTI materials in the ${\rm Bi}_2{\rm Se}_3$ family, and numerically explore the geometries for extracting current-induced spins from a TI surface. In particular, we consider a device geometry in which a side pocket is attached to various faces of a 3DTI quantum wire and show that it is possible to create current-induced spin accumulations in these topologically trivial side pockets. We further study how such spin extraction depends on geometry and material parameters, and find that electron-hole degrees of freedom can be utilized to control the polarization of the extracted spins by an applied gate voltage.

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