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4 November 2016 Electrical detection of spin-momentum locking in Bi2Se3(Conference Presentation)
Berend T. Jonker, Connie H. Li, Olaf M. van 't Erve, Y. Liu, Y. Y. Li, Lian Li
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Proceedings Volume 9931, Spintronics IX; 99313G (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238807
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2016, San Diego, California, United States
Abstract
Topological insulators (TIs) exhibit topologically protected metallic surface states populated by massless Dirac fermions with spin-momentum locking – the carrier spin lies in-plane, locked at right angle to the carrier momentum. An unpolarized charge current should thus create a net spin polarization. Here we show direct electrical detection of this bias current induced spin polarization as a voltage measured on a ferromagnetic (FM) metal tunnel barrier surface contact [1]. The voltage measured at this contact is proportional to the projection of the TI spin polarization onto this axis, and similar data are obtained for two different FM contact structures, Fe/Al2O3 and Co/MgO/graphene. From measurements of the carrier type and sign of the spin voltage for n-Bi2Se3 and p-Sb2Te3, we show that transport measurements can be used to determine the chirality of the spin texture [2]. The chirality inverts as one crosses the Dirac point, so that the carrier spin-momentum locking follows a left-hand rule (clockwise chirality) when the Fermi level is above the Dirac point, and right-hand rule below (counter-clockwise chirality). These results demonstrate simple and direct electrical access to the TI Dirac surface state spin system, provide clear evidence for the spin-momentum locking and bias current-induced spin polarization, and enable utilization of these remarkable properties for future technological applications. [1] C. H. Li, O. M. J. van ‘t Erve, J. T. Robinson, Y. Liu, L. Li , and B. T. Jonker, Nature Nanotech. 9, 218 (2014). [2] C. H. Li, O. M. J. van ‘t Erve, Y. Y. Li, L. Li and B. T. Jonker, under review.
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Berend T. Jonker, Connie H. Li, Olaf M. van 't Erve, Y. Liu, Y. Y. Li, and Lian Li "Electrical detection of spin-momentum locking in Bi2Se3(Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9931, Spintronics IX, 99313G (4 November 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238807
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KEYWORDS
Lithium
Spin polarization
Fermium
Frequency modulation
Dielectrics
Fermions
Ferromagnetics
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