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arXiv 2008.09899cond-mat.mes-hall
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体金属Bi2Se3和体绝缘Bi2Te2Se拓扑绝缘体薄片中的反向电流诱导自旋极化

Opposite current-induced spin polarizations in bulk-metallic Bi2Se3 and bulk-insulating Bi2Te2Se topological insulator thin flakes

Jifa Tian, Cüneyt Şahin, Ireneusz Miotkowski, Michael E. Flatté, Yong P. Chen

摘要:

三维拓扑绝缘体(TI)最基本、最奇特的性质之一是其拓扑表面态(TSS)的自旋动量锁定(SML),在未来的自旋电子学中具有潜在的应用前景。然而,其他可能的传导通道,例如具有强Rashba型自旋-轨道相互作用(SOI)和可能具有自旋霍尔效应(SHE)的体导电状态的普通二维电子气(2DEG),可以共存于3D TI中,使得难以确定电流诱导自旋极化(CISP)的起源。在这项工作中,我们直接比较了体绝缘的Bi 2 Te 2Se(BTS 221)和体金属的Bi 2Se 3薄片之间的CISP使用自旋电位法。在体绝缘BTS 221中,观察到的CISP具有与TSS的SML的预期螺旋度一致的符号,但是与其计算的体自旋霍尔电导率(SHC)相反的符号。然而,与BTS 221相比,在块体金属Bi 2Se 3中观察到相反的CISP,这与其带弯曲诱导的2DEG的Rashba-Edelstein效应和体自旋霍尔效应(SHE)的预期一致。我们的研究结果提供了一个电气的方式来区分TSS从其他可能的导电通道在3D TI的自旋输运测量,并开放的方式在电荷-自旋转换器件的潜在应用。

英文摘要:

One of the most fundamental and exotic properties of 3D topological insulators (TIs) is spin-momentum-locking (SML) of their topological surface states (TSSs), promising for potential applications in future spintronics. However, other possible conduction channels, such as a trivial two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with strong Rashba type spin-orbit interaction (SOI) and bulk conducting states that may possess a spin Hall effect (SHE), can coexist in 3D TIs, making determining the origin of the current induced spin polarization (CISP) difficult. In this work, we directly compared the CISP between bulk-insulating Bi2Te2Se (BTS221) and bulk-metallic Bi2Se3 thin flakes using spin potentiometry. In the bulk insulating BTS221, the observed CISP has a sign consistent with the expected helicity of the SML of the TSS, but an opposite sign to its calculated bulk spin Hall conductivity (SHC). However, compared to BTS221, an opposite CISP is observed in the bulk metallic Bi2Se3, consistent instead with both the expectations of its Rashba-Edelstein effect of the band-bending induced 2DEG and bulk spin Hall Effect (SHE). Our results provide an electrical way to distinguish the TSS from other possible conducting channels in spin transport measurements on 3D TIs, and open ways for the potential applications in charge-spin conversion devices.

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