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arXiv 2008.10905cond-mat.mes-hallcond-mat.mtrl-sci
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拓扑分流器

A topological current divider

Francesco Romeo

摘要:

研究了铁磁铅与二维拓扑绝缘体螺旋边缘模电连接的混合结的输运性质。在这个系统中,时间反演对称性,这是弹道边缘模式的拓扑绝缘体的特征,明确打破铁磁区域内。这种冲突情况在界面处产生不寻常的输运现象,这是注入电流的自旋极化与在拓扑绝缘体内部操作的自旋-动量锁定机制之间的相互作用的表现。我们发现,起源于铁磁区的自旋极化电流是不对称的划分在空间上分离的分支电流持续的边缘通道内的拓扑绝缘体具有不同的螺旋度。上述发现提供了拓扑分流器的工作原理,其中分支电流的相对强度由输入电流的极化决定。我们讨论了这种效应在自旋电子学中的相关性,例如,它提供了一种测量铁磁电极产生的电流极化的替代方法。

英文摘要:

We study the transport properties of a hybrid junction made of a ferromagnetic lead in electrical connection with the helical edge modes of a two-dimensional topological insulator. In this system, the time reversal symmetry, which characterizes the ballistic edge modes of the topological insulator, is explicitly broken inside the ferromagnetic region. This conflict situation generates unusual transport phenomena at the interface which are the manifestation of the interplay between the spin polarization of the injected current and the spin-momentum locking mechanism operating inside the topological insulator. We show that the spin polarized current originated in the ferromagnetic region is asymmetrically divided in spatially separated branch currents sustained by edge channels with different helicity inside the topological insulator. The above findings provide the working principle of a topological current divider in which the relative intensity of the branch currents is determined by the polarization of the incoming current. We discuss the relevance of this effect in spintronics where, for instance, it offers an alternative way to measure the current polarization generated by a ferromagnetic electrode.

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