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González-Hernández R, Ritzinger P, Výborný K, Železný J, Manchon A. Non-relativistic torque and Edelstein effect in non-collinear magnets. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7663. [PMID: 39227571 PMCID: PMC11372084 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51565-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024] Open
Abstract
The Edelstein effect is the origin of the spin-orbit torque: a current-induced torque that is used for the electrical control of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic materials. This effect originates from the relativistic spin-orbit coupling, which necessitates utilizing materials with heavy elements. Here, we show that in magnetic materials with non-collinear magnetic order, the Edelstein effect and, consequently, a current-induced torque can exist even in the absence of the spin-orbit coupling. Using group symmetry analysis, model calculations, and realistic simulations on selected compounds, we identify large classes of non-collinear magnet candidates and demonstrate that the current-driven torque is of similar magnitude as the celebrated spin-orbit torque in conventional transition metal structures. We also show that this torque can exist in an insulating material, which could allow for highly efficient electrical control of magnetic order.
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- Rafael González-Hernández
- Grupó de Investigación en Física Aplicada, Departamento de Física, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 162 00, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 162 00, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 162 00, Praha 6, Czech Republic.
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Edwards B, Deaconu DA, Murgatroyd PAE, Buchberger S, Antonelli T, Halliday D, Siemann GR, Zivanovic A, Trzaska L, Rajan A, Abarca Morales E, Mayoh DA, Hall AE, Belosludov RV, Watson MD, Kim TK, Biswas D, Lee TL, Polley CM, Carbone D, Leandersson M, Balakrishnan G, Bahramy MS, King PDC. Chemical Trends of the Bulk and Surface Termination-Dependent Electronic Structure of Metal-Intercalated Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2024; 36:7117-7126. [PMID: 39156710 PMCID: PMC11325556 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Revised: 07/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
Abstract
The addition of metal intercalants into the van der Waals gaps of transition metal dichalcogenides has shown great promise as a method for controlling their functional properties. For example, chiral helimagnetic states, current-induced magnetization switching, and a giant valley-Zeeman effect have all been demonstrated, generating significant renewed interest in this materials family. Here, we present a combined photoemission and density-functional theory study of three such compounds: , , and , to investigate chemical trends of the intercalant species on their bulk and surface electronic structure. Our resonant photoemission measurements indicate increased hybridization with the itinerant NbS2-derived conduction states with increasing atomic number of the intercalant, leading to pronounced mixing of the nominally localized intercalant states at the Fermi level. Using spatially and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we show how this impacts surface-termination-dependent charge transfers and leads to the formation of new dispersive states of mixed intercalant-Nb character at the Fermi level for the intercalant-terminated surfaces. This provides an explanation for the origin of anomalous states previously reported in this family of compounds and paves the way for tuning the nature of the magnetic interactions in these systems via control of the hybridization of the magnetic ions with the itinerant states.
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- Brendan Edwards
- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, U.K.
- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, Dresden 01187, Germany
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, U.K.
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, U.K.
- Diamond
Light Source Ltd, Harwell
Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, U.K.
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, U.K.
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, U.K.
- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, Dresden 01187, Germany
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, U.K.
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, U.K.
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, U.K.
- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, Dresden 01187, Germany
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- Department
of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- Diamond
Light Source Ltd, Harwell
Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, U.K.
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- Diamond
Light Source Ltd, Harwell
Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, U.K.
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- Diamond
Light Source Ltd, Harwell
Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, U.K.
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- Diamond
Light Source Ltd, Harwell
Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, U.K.
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- MAX
IV Laboratory, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, Lund 221 00, Sweden
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- MAX
IV Laboratory, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, Lund 221 00, Sweden
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- MAX
IV Laboratory, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, Lund 221 00, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, U.K.
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Chen Z, Li R, Bai Y, Mao N, Zeer M, Go D, Dai Y, Huang B, Mokrousov Y, Niu C. Topology-Engineered Orbital Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Ferromagnets. NANO LETTERS 2024. [PMID: 38619844 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c05129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Recent advances in the manipulation of the orbital angular momentum (OAM) within the paradigm of orbitronics presents a promising avenue for the design of future electronic devices. In this context, the recently observed orbital Hall effect (OHE) occupies a special place. Here, focusing on both the second-order topological and quantum anomalous Hall insulators in two-dimensional ferromagnets, we demonstrate that topological phase transitions present an efficient and straightforward way to engineer the OHE, where the OAM distribution can be controlled by the nature of the band inversion. Using first-principles calculations, we identify Janus RuBrCl and three septuple layers of MnBi2Te4 as experimentally feasible examples of the proposed mechanism of OHE engineering by topology. With our work, we open up new possibilities for innovative applications in topological spintronics and orbitronics.
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- Zhiqi Chen
- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Peter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Department of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Su J, Huang X, Shao Q. Emerging two dimensional metastable-phase oxides: insights and prospects in synthesis and catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202318028. [PMID: 38179810 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2023] [Revised: 12/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
Abstract
Since the discovery of graphene, the development of new two-dimensional (2D) materials has received considerable interest. Recently, as a newly emerging member of the 2D family, 2D metastable-phase oxides that combine the unique advantages of metal oxides, 2D structures, and metastable-phase materials have shown enormous potential in various catalytic reactions. In this review, the potential of various 2D materials to form a metastable-phase is predicted. The advantages of 2D metastable-phase oxides for advanced applications, reliable methods of synthesizing 2D metastable-phase oxides, and the application of these oxides in different catalytic reactions are presented. Finally, the challenges associated with 2D metastable-phase oxides and future perspectives are discussed.
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- Jiaqi Su
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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Kim S, Zhu J, Piva MM, Schmidt M, Fartab D, Mackenzie AP, Baenitz M, Nicklas M, Rosner H, Cook AM, González‐Hernández R, Šmejkal L, Zhang H. Observation of the Anomalous Hall Effect in a Layered Polar Semiconductor. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2307306. [PMID: 38063838 PMCID: PMC10853720 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202307306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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Progress in magnetoelectric materials is hindered by apparently contradictory requirements for time-reversal symmetry broken and polar ferroelectric electronic structure in common ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. Alternative routes can be provided by recent discoveries of a time-reversal symmetry breaking anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in noncollinear magnets and altermagnets, but hitherto reported bulk materials are not polar. Here, the authors report the observation of a spontaneous AHE in doped AgCrSe2 , a layered polar semiconductor with an antiferromagnetic coupling between Cr spins in adjacent layers. The anomalous Hall resistivity 3μ Ω c m $\mu \Omega \, \textnormal {cm}$ is comparable to the largest observed in compensated magnetic systems to date, and is rapidly switched off when the angle of an applied magnetic field is rotated to ≈80° from the crystalline c-axis. The ionic gating experiments show that the anomalous Hall conductivity magnitude can be enhanced by modulating the p-type carrier density. They also present theoretical results that suggest the AHE is driven by Berry curvature due to noncollinear antiferromagnetic correlations among Cr spins, which are consistent with the previously suggested magnetic ordering in AgCrSe2 . The results open the possibility to study the interplay of magnetic and ferroelectric-like responses in this fascinating class of materials.
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- Seo‐Jin Kim
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids01187DresdenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems01187DresdenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids01187DresdenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids01187DresdenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids01187DresdenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids01187DresdenGermany
- Scottish Universities Physics AllianceSchool of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of St AndrewsSt AndrewsKY16 9SSUnited Kingdom
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids01187DresdenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids01187DresdenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids01187DresdenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids01187DresdenGermany
- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems01187DresdenGermany
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- Institut für PhysikJohannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz55128MainzGermany
- Grupo de Investigación en Física AplicadaDepartamento de FísicaUniversidad del NorteBarranquilla080020Colombia
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- Institut für PhysikJohannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz55128MainzGermany
- Institute of PhysicsCzech Academy of SciencesCukrovarnická 10Praha 6162 00Czech Republic
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids01187DresdenGermany
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Huber N, Leeb V, Bauer A, Benka G, Knolle J, Pfleiderer C, Wilde MA. Quantum oscillations of the quasiparticle lifetime in a metal. Nature 2023; 621:276-281. [PMID: 37532938 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06330-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
Abstract
Following nearly a century of research, it remains a puzzle that the low-lying excitations of metals are remarkably well explained by effective single-particle theories of non-interacting bands1-4. The abundance of interactions in real materials raises the question of direct spectroscopic signatures of phenomena beyond effective single-particle, single-band behaviour. Here we report the identification of quantum oscillations (QOs) in the three-dimensional topological semimetal CoSi, which defy the standard description in two fundamental aspects. First, the oscillation frequency corresponds to the difference of semiclassical quasiparticle (QP) orbits of two bands, which are forbidden as half of the trajectory would oppose the Lorentz force. Second, the oscillations exist up to above 50 K, in strong contrast to all other oscillatory components, which vanish below a few kelvin. Our findings are in excellent agreement with generic model calculations of QOs of the QP lifetime (QPL). Because the only precondition for their existence is a nonlinear coupling of at least two electronic orbits, for example, owing to QP scattering on defects or collective excitations, such QOs of the QPL are generic for any metal featuring Landau quantization with several orbits. They are consistent with certain frequencies in topological semimetals5-9, unconventional superconductors10,11, rare-earth compounds12-14 and Rashba systems15, and permit to identify and gauge correlation phenomena, for example, in two-dimensional materials16,17 and multiband metals18.
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- Nico Huber
- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
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- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Munich, Germany
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- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
- Centre for Quantum Engineering (ZQE), Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
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- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
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- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Munich, Germany.
- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Munich, Germany.
- Centre for Quantum Engineering (ZQE), Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
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- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
- Centre for Quantum Engineering (ZQE), Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
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Choi YG, Jo D, Ko KH, Go D, Kim KH, Park HG, Kim C, Min BC, Choi GM, Lee HW. Observation of the orbital Hall effect in a light metal Ti. Nature 2023; 619:52-56. [PMID: 37407680 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06101-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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The orbital Hall effect1 refers to the generation of electron orbital angular momentum flow transverse to an external electric field. Contrary to the common belief that the orbital angular momentum is quenched in solids, theoretical studies2,3 predict that the orbital Hall effect can be strong and is a fundamental origin of the spin Hall effect4-7 in many transition metals. Despite the growing circumstantial evidence8-11, its direct detection remains elusive. Here we report the magneto-optical observation of the orbital Hall effect in the light metal titanium (Ti). The Kerr rotation by the orbital magnetic moment accumulated at Ti surfaces owing to the orbital Hall current is measured, and the result agrees with theoretical calculations semi-quantitatively and is supported by the orbital torque12 measurement in Ti-based magnetic heterostructures. This result confirms the orbital Hall effect and indicates that the orbital angular momentum is an important dynamic degree of freedom in solids. Moreover, this calls for renewed studies of the orbital effect on other degrees of freedom such as spin2,3,13,14, valley15,16, phonon17-19 and magnon20,21 dynamics.
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- Young-Gwan Choi
- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
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- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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- Peter Grünberg Institut and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, Julich, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
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- Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea.
- Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science, Suwon, Korea.
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- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea.
- Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, Korea.
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Edwards B, Dowinton O, Hall AE, Murgatroyd PAE, Buchberger S, Antonelli T, Siemann GR, Rajan A, Morales EA, Zivanovic A, Bigi C, Belosludov RV, Polley CM, Carbone D, Mayoh DA, Balakrishnan G, Bahramy MS, King PDC. Giant valley-Zeeman coupling in the surface layer of an intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide. NATURE MATERIALS 2023; 22:459-465. [PMID: 36658327 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-022-01459-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Spin-valley locking is ubiquitous among transition metal dichalcogenides with local or global inversion asymmetry, in turn stabilizing properties such as Ising superconductivity, and opening routes towards 'valleytronics'. The underlying valley-spin splitting is set by spin-orbit coupling but can be tuned via the application of external magnetic fields or through proximity coupling. However, only modest changes have been realized to date. Here, we investigate the electronic structure of the V-intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide V1/3NbS2 using microscopic-area spatially resolved and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Our measurements and corresponding density functional theory calculations reveal that the bulk magnetic order induces a giant valley-selective Ising coupling exceeding 50 meV in the surface NbS2 layer, equivalent to application of a ~250 T magnetic field. This energy scale is of comparable magnitude to the intrinsic spin-orbit splittings, and indicates how coupling of local magnetic moments to itinerant states of a transition metal dichalcogenide monolayer provides a powerful route to controlling their valley-spin splittings.
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- B Edwards
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
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Varotto S, Johansson A, Göbel B, Vicente-Arche LM, Mallik S, Bréhin J, Salazar R, Bertran F, Fèvre PL, Bergeal N, Rault J, Mertig I, Bibes M. Direct visualization of Rashba-split bands and spin/orbital-charge interconversion at KTaO 3 interfaces. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6165. [PMID: 36257940 PMCID: PMC9579156 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33621-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Rashba interfaces have emerged as promising platforms for spin-charge interconversion through the direct and inverse Edelstein effects. Notably, oxide-based two-dimensional electron gases display a large and gate-tunable conversion efficiency, as determined by transport measurements. However, a direct visualization of the Rashba-split bands in oxide two-dimensional electron gases is lacking, which hampers an advanced understanding of their rich spin-orbit physics. Here, we investigate KTaO3 two-dimensional electron gases and evidence their Rashba-split bands using angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Fitting the bands with a tight-binding Hamiltonian, we extract the effective Rashba coefficient and bring insight into the complex multiorbital nature of the band structure. Our calculations reveal unconventional spin and orbital textures, showing compensation effects from quasi-degenerate band pairs which strongly depend on in-plane anisotropy. We compute the band-resolved spin and orbital Edelstein effects, and predict interconversion efficiencies exceeding those of other oxide two-dimensional electron gases. Finally, we suggest design rules for Rashba systems to optimize spin-charge interconversion performance. Visualization of the Rashbasplit bands in oxide two-dimensional electron gases is lacking, which hampers understanding of their rich spin-orbit physics. Here, the authors investigate KTaO3 two dimensional electron gases and their Rashba-split bands.
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- Sara Varotto
- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 91767, Palaiseau, France
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- Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, 06120, Halle, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06099, Halle, Germany
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 91767, Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 91767, Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 91767, Palaiseau, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, 91192, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, 91192, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, 75005, Paris, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, 91192, France
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- Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06099, Halle, Germany
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 91767, Palaiseau, France.
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Kong P, Li G, Yang Z, Wen C, Qi Y, Felser C, Yan S. Fully Two-Dimensional Incommensurate Charge Modulation on the Pd-Terminated Polar Surface of PdCoO 2. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:5635-5640. [PMID: 35838660 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Here, we use low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy to study the polar surfaces of PdCoO2. On the CoO2-terminated polar surface, we detect the quasiparticle interference pattern originating from the Rashba-like spin-split surface states. On the well-ordered Pd-terminated polar surface, we observe a regular lattice that has a larger lattice constant than the atomic lattice of PdCoO2. In comparison with the shape of the hexagonal Fermi surface on the Pd-terminated surface, we identify this regular lattice as a fully two-dimensional incommensurate charge modulation that is driven by the Fermi surface nesting. More interestingly, we also find the moiré pattern induced by the interference between the two-dimensional incommensurate charge modulation in the Pd layer and its atomic lattice. Our results not only show a new charge modulation on the Pd surface of PdCoO2 but also pave the way for fully understanding the novel electronic properties of this material.
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- Pengfei Kong
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-resolution Electron Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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Chirolli L, Mercaldo MT, Guarcello C, Giazotto F, Cuoco M. Colossal Orbital Edelstein Effect in Noncentrosymmetric Superconductors. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:217703. [PMID: 35687455 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.217703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In superconductors that lack inversion symmetry, the flow of supercurrent can induce a nonvanishing magnetization, a phenomenon which is at the heart of nondissipative magnetoelectric effects, also known as Edelstein effects. For electrons carrying spin and orbital moments, a question of fundamental relevance deals with the orbital nature of magnetoelectric effects in conventional spin-singlet superconductors with Rashba coupling. Remarkably, we find that the supercurrent-induced orbital magnetization is more than 1 order of magnitude greater than that due to the spin, giving rise to a colossal magnetoelectric effect. The induced orbital magnetization is shown to be sign tunable, with the sign change occurring for the Fermi level lying in proximity of avoiding crossing points in the Brillouin zone. In the presence of superconducting phase inhomogeneities, a modulation of the Edelstein signal on the scale of the superconducting coherence length appears, leading to domains with opposite orbital moment orientations. These hallmarks are robust to real-space self-consistent treatment of the superconducting order parameter. The orbital-dominated magnetoelectric phenomena, hence, have clear-cut marks for detection both in the bulk and at the edge of the system and are expected to be a general feature of multiorbital superconductors with inversion symmetry breaking.
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- Luca Chirolli
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "E. R. Caianiello," Università di Salerno, IT-84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "E. R. Caianiello," Università di Salerno, IT-84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "E. R. Caianiello," Università di Salerno, IT-84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
- SPIN-CNR, IT-84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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Bachmann MD, Sharpe AL, Baker G, Barnard AW, Putzke C, Scaffidi T, Nandi N, McGuinness PH, Zhakina E, Moravec M, Khim S, König M, Goldhaber-Gordon D, Bonn DA, Mackenzie AP, Moll PJW. Directional ballistic transport in the two-dimensional metal PdCoO 2. NATURE PHYSICS 2022; 18:819-824. [PMID: 35847475 PMCID: PMC9279146 DOI: 10.1038/s41567-022-01570-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In an idealized infinite crystal, the material properties are constrained by the symmetries of the unit cell. The point-group symmetry is broken by the sample shape of any finite crystal, but this is commonly unobservable in macroscopic metals. To sense the shape-induced symmetry lowering in such metals, long-lived bulk states originating from an anisotropic Fermi surface are needed. Here we show how a strongly facetted Fermi surface and the long quasiparticle mean free path present in microstructures of PdCoO2 yield an in-plane resistivity anisotropy that is forbidden by symmetry on an infinite hexagonal lattice. We fabricate bar-shaped transport devices narrower than the mean free path from single crystals using focused ion beam milling, such that the ballistic charge carriers at low temperatures frequently collide with both of the side walls that define the channel. Two symmetry-forbidden transport signatures appear: the in-plane resistivity anisotropy exceeds a factor of 2, and a transverse voltage appears in zero magnetic field. Using ballistic Monte Carlo simulations and a numerical solution of the Boltzmann equation, we identify the orientation of the narrow channel as the source of symmetry breaking.
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- Maja D. Bachmann
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy & Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
- Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy & Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
- Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ding S, Liang Z, Go D, Yun C, Xue M, Liu Z, Becker S, Yang W, Du H, Wang C, Yang Y, Jakob G, Kläui M, Mokrousov Y, Yang J. Observation of the Orbital Rashba-Edelstein Magnetoresistance. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:067201. [PMID: 35213174 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.067201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We report the observation of magnetoresistance (MR) that could originate from the orbital angular momentum (OAM) transport in a permalloy (Py)/oxidized Cu (Cu^{*}) heterostructure: the orbital Rashba-Edelstein magnetoresistance. The angular dependence of the MR depends on the relative angle between the induced OAM and the magnetization in a similar fashion as the spin Hall magnetoresistance. Despite the absence of elements with large spin-orbit coupling, we find a sizable MR ratio, which is in contrast to the conventional spin Hall magnetoresistance which requires heavy elements. Through Py thickness-dependence studies, we conclude another mechanism beyond the conventional spin-based scenario is responsible for the MR observed in Py/Cu^{*} structures-originated in a sizable transport of OAM. Our findings not only suggest the current-induced torques without using any heavy elements via the OAM channel but also provide an important clue towards the microscopic understanding of the role that OAM transport can play for magnetization dynamics.
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- Shilei Ding
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Peter Grünberg Institut and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Graduate School of Excellence Materials Science in Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Graduate School of Excellence Materials Science in Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Center for Quantum Spintronics, Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Peter Grünberg Institut and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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Schlipf M, Giustino F. Dynamic Rashba-Dresselhaus Effect. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:237601. [PMID: 34936783 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.237601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The Rashba-Dresselhaus effect is the splitting of doubly degenerate band extrema in semiconductors, accompanied by the emergence of counterrotating spin textures and spin-momentum locking. Here we investigate how this effect is modified by lattice vibrations. We show that, in centrosymmetric nonmagnetic crystals, for which a bulk Rashba-Dresselhaus effect is symmetry-forbidden, electron-phonon interactions can induce a phonon-assisted, dynamic Rashba-Dresselhaus spin splitting in the presence of an out-of-equilibrium phonon population. In particular, we show how Rashba, Dresselhaus, or Weyl spin textures can selectively be established by driving coherent infrared-active phonons, and we perform ab initio calculations to quantify this effect for halide perovskites.
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- Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Lee D, Go D, Park HJ, Jeong W, Ko HW, Yun D, Jo D, Lee S, Go G, Oh JH, Kim KJ, Park BG, Min BC, Koo HC, Lee HW, Lee O, Lee KJ. Orbital torque in magnetic bilayers. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6710. [PMID: 34795204 PMCID: PMC8602295 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26650-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The orbital Hall effect describes the generation of the orbital current flowing in a perpendicular direction to an external electric field, analogous to the spin Hall effect. As the orbital current carries the angular momentum as the spin current does, injection of the orbital current into a ferromagnet can result in torque on the magnetization, which provides a way to detect the orbital Hall effect. With this motivation, we examine the current-induced spin-orbit torques in various ferromagnet/heavy metal bilayers by theory and experiment. Analysis of the magnetic torque reveals the presence of the contribution from the orbital Hall effect in the heavy metal, which competes with the contribution from the spin Hall effect. In particular, we find that the net torque in Ni/Ta bilayers is opposite in sign to the spin Hall theory prediction but instead consistent with the orbital Hall theory, which unambiguously confirms the orbital torque generated by the orbital Hall effect. Our finding opens a possibility of utilizing the orbital current for spintronic device applications, and it will invigorate researches on spin-orbit-coupled phenomena based on orbital engineering.
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- Dongjoon Lee
- grid.222754.40000 0001 0840 2678KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841 Korea ,grid.35541.360000000121053345Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792 Korea
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- grid.494742.8Peter Grünberg Institut and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, 52425 Jülich, Germany ,grid.5802.f0000 0001 1941 7111Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- grid.222754.40000 0001 0840 2678KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841 Korea
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- grid.35541.360000000121053345Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792 Korea ,grid.222754.40000 0001 0840 2678Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841 Korea
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- grid.37172.300000 0001 2292 0500Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Korea
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- grid.35541.360000000121053345Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792 Korea ,grid.222754.40000 0001 0840 2678Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841 Korea
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- grid.49100.3c0000 0001 0742 4007Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673 Korea
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- grid.37172.300000 0001 2292 0500Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Korea
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- grid.37172.300000 0001 2292 0500Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Korea
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- grid.222754.40000 0001 0840 2678Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841 Korea
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- grid.37172.300000 0001 2292 0500Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Korea
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- grid.37172.300000 0001 2292 0500Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141 Korea
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- grid.35541.360000000121053345Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792 Korea
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- grid.222754.40000 0001 0840 2678KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841 Korea ,grid.35541.360000000121053345Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792 Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea. .,Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, 37673, Korea.
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- Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Korea.
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Korea.
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Lee JH, Harada T, Trier F, Marcano L, Godel F, Valencia S, Tsukazaki A, Bibes M. Nonreciprocal Transport in a Rashba Ferromagnet, Delafossite PdCoO 2. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:8687-8692. [PMID: 34613718 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Rashba interfaces yield efficient spin-charge interconversion and give rise to nonreciprocal transport phenomena. Here, we report magnetotransport experiments in few-nanometer-thick films of PdCoO2, a delafossite oxide known to display a large Rashba splitting and surface ferromagnetism. By analyzing the angle dependence of the first- and second-harmonic longitudinal and transverse resistivities, we identify a Rashba-driven unidirectional magnetoresistance that competes with the anomalous Nernst effect below the Curie point. We estimate a Rashba coefficient of 0.75 ± 0.3 eV Å and argue that our results qualify delafossites as a new family of oxides for nanospintronics and spin-orbitronics, beyond perovskite materials.
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- Jin Hong Lee
- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91767 Palaiseau, France
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- MANA, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Energy Conservation and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Departamento Electricidad y Electrónica, Universidad del Paıs Vasco-UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, Spain
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91767 Palaiseau, France
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
- Center for Spintronics Research Network, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91767 Palaiseau, France
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Ünzelmann M, Bentmann H, Figgemeier T, Eck P, Neu JN, Geldiyev B, Diekmann F, Rohlf S, Buck J, Hoesch M, Kalläne M, Rossnagel K, Thomale R, Siegrist T, Sangiovanni G, Sante DD, Reinert F. Momentum-space signatures of Berry flux monopoles in the Weyl semimetal TaAs. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3650. [PMID: 34131129 PMCID: PMC8206138 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23727-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Since the early days of Dirac flux quantization, magnetic monopoles have been sought after as a potential corollary of quantized electric charge. As opposed to magnetic monopoles embedded into the theory of electromagnetism, Weyl semimetals (WSM) exhibit Berry flux monopoles in reciprocal parameter space. As a function of crystal momentum, such monopoles locate at the crossing point of spin-polarized bands forming the Weyl cone. Here, we report momentum-resolved spectroscopic signatures of Berry flux monopoles in TaAs as a paradigmatic WSM. We carried out angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy at bulk-sensitive soft X-ray energies (SX-ARPES) combined with photoelectron spin detection and circular dichroism. The experiments reveal large spin- and orbital-angular-momentum (SAM and OAM) polarizations of the Weyl-fermion states, resulting from the broken crystalline inversion symmetry in TaAs. Supported by first-principles calculations, our measurements image signatures of a topologically non-trivial winding of the OAM at the Weyl nodes and unveil a chirality-dependent SAM of the Weyl bands. Our results provide directly bulk-sensitive spectroscopic support for the non-trivial band topology in the WSM TaAs, promising to have profound implications for the study of quantum-geometric effects in solids. Weyl semimetals exhibit Berry flux monopoles in momentum-space, but direct experimental evidence has remained elusive. Here, the authors reveal topologically non-trivial winding of the orbital-angular-momentum at the Weyl nodes and a chirality-dependent spin-angular-momentum of the Weyl bands, as a direct signature of the Berry flux monopoles in TaAs.
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- M Ünzelmann
- Experimentelle Physik VII and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik VII and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Experimentelle Physik VII and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Theoretische Physik I, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, FL, USA.,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Experimentelle Physik VII and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.,Ruprecht Haensel Laboratory, Kiel University and DESY, Kiel, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.,Ruprecht Haensel Laboratory, Kiel University and DESY, Kiel, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.,Ruprecht Haensel Laboratory, Kiel University and DESY, Kiel, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.,Ruprecht Haensel Laboratory, Kiel University and DESY, Kiel, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.,Ruprecht Haensel Laboratory, Kiel University and DESY, Kiel, Germany.,Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Theoretische Physik I, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, FL, USA.,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Theoretische Physik I, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Theoretische Physik I, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Experimentelle Physik VII and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Ok JM, Yoon S, Lupini AR, Ganesh P, Huon A, Chisholm MF, Lee HN. Twin-Domain Formation in Epitaxial Triangular Lattice Delafossites. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:22059-22064. [PMID: 33905221 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Twin domains are often found as structural defects in symmetry mismatched epitaxial thin films. The delafossite ABO2, which has a rhombohedral structure, is a good example that often forms twin domains. Although bulk metallic delafossites are known to be the most conducting oxides, high conductivity is yet to be realized in thin film forms. Suppressed conductivity found in thin films is mainly caused by the formation of twin domains, and their boundaries can be a source of scattering centers for charge carriers. To overcome this challenge, the underlying mechanism for their formation must be understood so that such defects can be controlled and eliminated. Here, we report the origin of structural twins formed in a CuCrO2 delafossite thin film on a substrate with hexagonal or triangular symmetries. A robust heteroepitaxial relationship is found for the delafossite film with the substrate, and the surface termination turns out to be critical to determine and control the domain structure of epitaxial delafossites. Based on such discoveries, we also demonstrate twin-free epitaxial thin films grown on high-miscut substrates. This finding provides an important synthesis strategy for growing single-domain delafossite thin films and can be applied to other delafossites for the epitaxial synthesis of high-quality thin films.
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- Jong Mok Ok
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Vidal RC, Bentmann H, Facio JI, Heider T, Kagerer P, Fornari CI, Peixoto TRF, Figgemeier T, Jung S, Cacho C, Büchner B, van den Brink J, Schneider CM, Plucinski L, Schwier EF, Shimada K, Richter M, Isaeva A, Reinert F. Orbital Complexity in Intrinsic Magnetic Topological Insulators MnBi_{4}Te_{7} and MnBi_{6}Te_{10}. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:176403. [PMID: 33988442 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.176403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Using angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES), we investigate the surface electronic structure of the magnetic van der Waals compounds MnBi_{4}Te_{7} and MnBi_{6}Te_{10}, the n=1 and 2 members of a modular (Bi_{2}Te_{3})_{n}(MnBi_{2}Te_{4}) series, which have attracted recent interest as intrinsic magnetic topological insulators. Combining circular dichroic, spin-resolved and photon-energy-dependent ARPES measurements with calculations based on density functional theory, we unveil complex momentum-dependent orbital and spin textures in the surface electronic structure and disentangle topological from trivial surface bands. We find that the Dirac-cone dispersion of the topologial surface state is strongly perturbed by hybridization with valence-band states for Bi_{2}Te_{3}-terminated surfaces but remains preserved for MnBi_{2}Te_{4}-terminated surfaces. Our results firmly establish the topologically nontrivial nature of these magnetic van der Waals materials and indicate that the possibility of realizing a quantized anomalous Hall conductivity depends on surface termination.
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- R C Vidal
- Experimentelle Physik VII, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, EU
- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
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- Experimentelle Physik VII, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, EU
- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany, EU
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- Peter Grünberg Institut, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, 52425 Jülich, Germany, EU
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- Experimentelle Physik VII, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, EU
- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
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- Experimentelle Physik VII, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, EU
- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
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- Experimentelle Physik VII, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, EU
- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
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- Experimentelle Physik VII, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, EU
- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany, EU
- Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany, EU
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- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany, EU
- Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany, EU
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- Peter Grünberg Institut, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, 52425 Jülich, Germany, EU
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- Peter Grünberg Institut, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, 52425 Jülich, Germany, EU
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- Experimentelle Physik VII, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, EU
- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
- Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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- Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany, EU
- Dresden Center for Computational Materials Science (DCMS), Technische Universität Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany, EU
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- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany, EU
- Department of Physics, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
- Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU
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- Experimentelle Physik VII, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, EU
- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Germany, EU
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Yim CM, Chakraborti D, Rhodes LC, Khim S, Mackenzie AP, Wahl P. Quasiparticle interference and quantum confinement in a correlated Rashba spin-split 2D electron liquid. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:7/15/eabd7361. [PMID: 33837075 PMCID: PMC8034857 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd7361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Exploiting inversion symmetry breaking (ISB) in systems with strong spin-orbit coupling promises control of spin through electric fields-crucial to achieve miniaturization in spintronic devices. Delivering on this promise requires a two-dimensional electron gas with a spin precession length shorter than the spin coherence length and a large spin splitting so that spin manipulation can be achieved over length scales of nanometers. Recently, the transition metal oxide terminations of delafossite oxides were found to exhibit a large Rashba spin splitting dominated by ISB. In this limit, the Fermi surface exhibits the same spin texture as for weak ISB, but the orbital texture is completely different, raising questions about the effect on quasiparticle scattering. We demonstrate that the spin-orbital selection rules relevant for conventional Rashba system are obeyed as true spin selection rules in this correlated electron liquid and determine its spin coherence length from quasiparticle interference imaging.
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- Chi Ming Yim
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK.
- Tsung Dao Lee Institute and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK.
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King PDC, Picozzi S, Egdell RG, Panaccione G. Angle, Spin, and Depth Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy on Quantum Materials. Chem Rev 2021; 121:2816-2856. [PMID: 33346644 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The role of X-ray based electron spectroscopies in determining chemical, electronic, and magnetic properties of solids has been well-known for several decades. A powerful approach is angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, whereby the kinetic energy and angle of photoelectrons emitted from a sample surface are measured. This provides a direct measurement of the electronic band structure of crystalline solids. Moreover, it yields powerful insights into the electronic interactions at play within a material and into the control of spin, charge, and orbital degrees of freedom, central pillars of future solid state science. With strong recent focus on research of lower-dimensional materials and modified electronic behavior at surfaces and interfaces, angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy has become a core technique in the study of quantum materials. In this review, we provide an introduction to the technique. Through examples from several topical materials systems, including topological insulators, transition metal dichalcogenides, and transition metal oxides, we highlight the types of information which can be obtained. We show how the combination of angle, spin, time, and depth-resolved experiments are able to reveal "hidden" spectral features, connected to semiconducting, metallic and magnetic properties of solids, as well as underlining the importance of dimensional effects in quantum materials.
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- Phil D C King
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR-SPIN, Via dei Vestini 31, Chieti 66100, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, in Area Science Park, S.S.14, Km 163.5, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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Cho S, Park JH, Huh S, Hong J, Kyung W, Park BG, Denlinger JD, Shim JH, Kim C, Park SR. Studying local Berry curvature in 2H-WSe 2 by circular dichroism photoemission utilizing crystal mirror plane. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1684. [PMID: 33462247 PMCID: PMC7814090 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79672-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
It was recently reported that circular dichroism in angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (CD-ARPES) can be used to observe the Berry curvature in 2H-WSe2 (Cho et al. in Phys Rev Lett 121:186401, 2018). In that study, the mirror plane of the experiment was intentionally set to be perpendicular to the crystal mirror plane, such that the Berry curvature becomes a symmetric function about the experimental mirror plane. In the present study, we performed CD-ARPES on 2H-WSe2 with the crystal mirror plane taken as the experimental mirror plane. Within such an experimental constraint, two experimental geometries are possible for CD-ARPES. The Berry curvature distributions for the two geometries are expected to be antisymmetric about the experimental mirror plane and exactly opposite to each other. Our experimental CD intensities taken with the two geometries were found to be almost opposite near the corners of the 2D projected hexagonal Brillouin zone (BZ) and were almost identical near the center of the BZ. This observation is well explained by taking the Berry curvature or the atomic orbital angular momentum (OAM) into account. The Berry curvature (or OAM) contribution to the CD intensities can be successfully extracted through a comparison of the CD-ARPES data for the two experimental geometries. Thus, the CD-ARPES experimental procedure described provides a method for mapping Berry curvature in the momentum space of topological materials, such as Weyl semimetals.
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- Soohyun Cho
- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, People's Republic of China.,Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.,CAS Center for Excellence in Superconducting Electronics (CENSE), Shanghai, 200050, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.,Department of Physics and Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Physics, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea.
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Sun R, Yang S, Yang X, Kumar A, Vetter E, Xue W, Li Y, Li N, Li Y, Zhang S, Ge B, Zhang XQ, He W, Kemper AF, Sun D, Cheng ZH. Visualizing Tailored Spin Phenomena in a Reduced-Dimensional Topological Superlattice. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2005315. [PMID: 33145825 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202005315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Emergent topological insulators (TIs) and their design are in high demand for manipulating and transmitting spin information toward ultralow-power-consumption spintronic applications. Here, distinct topological states with tailored spin properties can be achieved in a single reduced-dimensional TI-superlattice, (Bi2 /Bi2 Se3 )-(Bi2 /Bi2 Se3 )N or (□/Bi2 Se3 )-(Bi2 /Bi2 Se3 )N (N is the repeating unit, □ represents an empty layer) by controlling the termination via molecular beam epitaxy. The Bi2 -terminated superlattice exhibits a single Dirac cone with a spin momentum splitting ≈0.5 Å-1 , producing a pronounced inverse Edelstein effect with a coherence length up to 1.26 nm. In contrast, the Bi2 Se3 -terminated superlattice is identified as a dual TI protected by coexisting time reversal and mirror symmetries, showing an unexpectedly long spin lifetime up to 1 ns. The work elucidates the key role of dimensionality and dual topological phases in selecting desired spin properties, suggesting a promise route for engineering topological superlattices for high-performance TI-spintronic devices.
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- Rui Sun
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
- Organic and Carbon Electronics Lab (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, 523808, China
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He R, Lin JL, Liu Q, Liao Z, Shui L, Wang ZJ, Zhong Z, Li RW. Emergent Ferroelectricity in Otherwise Nonferroelectric Oxides by Oxygen Vacancy Design at Heterointerfaces. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:45602-45610. [PMID: 32929952 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c13314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Introducing point defects in complex metal oxides is a very effective route to engineer crystal symmetry and therefore control physical properties. However, the inversion symmetry breaking, which is vital for many tantalizing properties, such as ferroelectricity and chiral spin structure, is usually hard to be induced in the bulk crystal by point defects. By designing the oxygen vacancy formation energy profile and migration path across the oxide heterostructure, our first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate that the point defects can effectively break the inversion symmetry and hence create novel ferroelectricity in superlattices consisting of otherwise nonferroelectric materials SrTiO3 and SrRuO3. This induced ferroelectricity can be significantly enhanced by reducing the SrTiO3 thickness. Inspired by theory calculation, SrTiO3/SrRuO3 superlattices were experimentally fabricated and are found to exhibit surprising strong ferroelectric properties. Our finding paves a simple and effective pathway to engineer the inversion symmetry and thus properties by point defect control in oxide heterostructures.
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- Ri He
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials Devices & Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
- School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- International Academy of Optoelectronics at Zhaoqing, South China Normal University, Zhaoqing 526238, China
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- College of Light Industry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials Devices & Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials Devices & Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
- China Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials Devices & Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
- China Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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ABO2 delafossites are fascinating materials that exhibit a wide range of physical properties, including giant Rashba spin splitting and anomalous Hall effects, because of their characteristic layered structures composed of noble metal A and strongly correlated BO2 sublayers. However, thin film synthesis is known to be extremely challenging owing to their low symmetry rhombohedral structures, which limit the selection of substrates for thin film epitaxy. Hexagonal lattices, such as those provided by Al2O3(0001) and (111) oriented cubic perovskites, are promising candidates for epitaxy of delafossites. However, the formation of twin domains and impurity phases is hard to suppress, and the nucleation and growth mechanisms thereon have not been studied for the growth of epitaxial delafossites. In this study, we report the epitaxial stabilization of a new interfacial phase formed during pulsed-laser epitaxy of (0001)-oriented CuCrO2 epitaxial thin films on Al2O3 substrates. Through a combined study using scanning transmission electron microscopy/electron-energy loss spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations, we report that the nucleation of a thermodynamically stable, atomically thick CuCr1-xAlxO2 interfacial layer is the critical element for the epitaxy of CuCrO2 delafossites on Al2O3 substrates. This finding provides key insights into the thermodynamic mechanism for the nucleation of intermixing-induced buffer layers that can be used for the growth of other noble-metal-based delafossites, which are known to be challenging due to the difficulty in initial nucleation.
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Electronically driven spin-reorientation transition of the correlated polar metal Ca 3Ru 2O 7. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:15524-15529. [PMID: 32576687 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2003671117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The interplay between spin-orbit coupling and structural inversion symmetry breaking in solids has generated much interest due to the nontrivial spin and magnetic textures which can result. Such studies are typically focused on systems where large atomic number elements lead to strong spin-orbit coupling, in turn rendering electronic correlations weak. In contrast, here we investigate the temperature-dependent electronic structure of [Formula: see text], a [Formula: see text] oxide metal for which both correlations and spin-orbit coupling are pronounced and in which octahedral tilts and rotations combine to mediate both global and local inversion symmetry-breaking polar distortions. Our angle-resolved photoemission measurements reveal the destruction of a large hole-like Fermi surface upon cooling through a coupled structural and spin-reorientation transition at 48 K, accompanied by a sudden onset of quasiparticle coherence. We demonstrate how these result from band hybridization mediated by a hidden Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling. This is enabled by the bulk structural distortions and unlocked when the spin reorients perpendicular to the local symmetry-breaking potential at the Ru sites. We argue that the electronic energy gain associated with the band hybridization is actually the key driver for the phase transition, reflecting a delicate interplay between spin-orbit coupling and strong electronic correlations and revealing a route to control magnetic ordering in solids.
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Putzke C, Bachmann MD, McGuinness P, Zhakina E, Sunko V, Konczykowski M, Oka T, Moessner R, Stern A, König M, Khim S, Mackenzie AP, Moll PJW. h/ e oscillations in interlayer transport of delafossites. Science 2020; 368:1234-1238. [PMID: 32527829 DOI: 10.1126/science.aay8413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Microstructures can be carefully designed to reveal the quantum phase of the wave-like nature of electrons in a metal. Here, we report phase-coherent oscillations of out-of-plane magnetoresistance in the layered delafossites PdCoO2 and PtCoO2 The oscillation period is equivalent to that determined by the magnetic flux quantum, h/e, threading an area defined by the atomic interlayer separation and the sample width, where h is Planck's constant and e is the charge of an electron. The phase of the electron wave function appears robust over length scales exceeding 10 micrometers and persisting up to temperatures of T > 50 kelvin. We show that the experimental signal stems from a periodic field modulation of the out-of-plane hopping. These results demonstrate extraordinary single-particle quantum coherence lengths in delafossites.
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- Carsten Putzke
- Laboratory of Quantum Materials (QMAT), Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany.,School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany.,School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany.,School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
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- Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés, CEA/DRF/lRAMIS, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany. .,School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
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- Laboratory of Quantum Materials (QMAT), Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Ünzelmann M, Bentmann H, Eck P, Kißlinger T, Geldiyev B, Rieger J, Moser S, Vidal RC, Kißner K, Hammer L, Schneider MA, Fauster T, Sangiovanni G, Di Sante D, Reinert F. Orbital-Driven Rashba Effect in a Binary Honeycomb Monolayer AgTe. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:176401. [PMID: 32412286 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.176401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The Rashba effect is fundamental to the physics of two-dimensional electron systems and underlies a variety of spintronic phenomena. It has been proposed that the formation of Rashba-type spin splittings originates microscopically from the existence of orbital angular momentum (OAM) in the Bloch wave functions. Here, we present detailed experimental evidence for this OAM-based origin of the Rashba effect by angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) and two-photon photoemission experiments for a monolayer AgTe on Ag(111). Using quantitative low-energy electron diffraction analysis, we determine the structural parameters and the stacking of the honeycomb overlayer with picometer precision. Based on an orbital-symmetry analysis in ARPES and supported by first-principles calculations, we unequivocally relate the presence and absence of Rashba-type spin splittings in different bands of AgTe to the existence of OAM.
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- Maximilian Ünzelmann
- Experimentelle Physik VII and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik VII and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Festkörperphysik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Festkörperphysik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Festkörperphysik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik IV and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik VII and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik VII and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Festkörperphysik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Festkörperphysik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Festkörperphysik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik VII and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Marković I, Hooley CA, Clark OJ, Mazzola F, Watson MD, Riley JM, Volckaert K, Underwood K, Dyer MS, Murgatroyd PAE, Murphy KJ, Fèvre PL, Bertran F, Fujii J, Vobornik I, Wu S, Okuda T, Alaria J, King PDC. Weyl-like points from band inversions of spin-polarised surface states in NbGeSb. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5485. [PMID: 31792208 PMCID: PMC6888910 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13464-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Band inversions are key to stabilising a variety of novel electronic states in solids, from topological surface states to the formation of symmetry-protected three-dimensional Dirac and Weyl points and nodal-line semimetals. Here, we create a band inversion not of bulk states, but rather between manifolds of surface states. We realise this by aliovalent substitution of Nb for Zr and Sb for S in the ZrSiS family of nonsymmorphic semimetals. Using angle-resolved photoemission and density-functional theory, we show how two pairs of surface states, known from ZrSiS, are driven to intersect each other near the Fermi level in NbGeSb, and to develop pronounced spin splittings. We demonstrate how mirror symmetry leads to protected crossing points in the resulting spin-orbital entangled surface band structure, thereby stabilising surface state analogues of three-dimensional Weyl points. More generally, our observations suggest new opportunities for engineering topologically and symmetry-protected states via band inversions of surface states.
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- I Marković
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom.,Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, CNRS-CEA, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin-BP48, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, CNRS-CEA, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin-BP48, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S.14, Km 163.5, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S.14, Km 163.5, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
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- Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University, 2-313 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-0046, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom.
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Harada T, Ito S, Tsukazaki A. Electric dipole effect in PdCoO 2/β-Ga 2O 3 Schottky diodes for high-temperature operation. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaax5733. [PMID: 31667346 PMCID: PMC6799984 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax5733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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High-temperature operation of semiconductor devices is widely demanded for switching/sensing purposes in automobiles, plants, and aerospace applications. As alternatives to conventional Si-based Schottky diodes usable only at 200°C or less, Schottky interfaces based on wide-bandgap semiconductors have been extensively studied to realize a large Schottky barrier height that makes high-temperature operation possible. Here, we report a unique crystalline Schottky interface composed of a wide-gap semiconductor β-Ga2O3 and a layered metal PdCoO2. At the thermally stable all-oxide interface, the polar layered structure of PdCoO2 generates electric dipoles, realizing a large Schottky barrier height of ~1.8 eV, well beyond the 0.7 eV expected from the basal Schottky-Mott relation. Because of the naturally formed homogeneous electric dipoles, this junction achieved current rectification with a large on/off ratio approaching 108 even at a high temperature of 350°C. The exceptional performance of the PdCoO2/β-Ga2O3 Schottky diodes makes power/sensing devices possible for extreme environments.
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- T. Harada
- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
- Center for Spintronics Research Network (CSRN), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Li G, Khim S, Chang CS, Fu C, Nandi N, Li F, Yang Q, Blake GR, Parkin S, Auffermann G, Sun Y, Muller DA, Mackenzie AP, Felser C. In Situ Modification of a Delafossite-Type PdCoO 2 Bulk Single Crystal for Reversible Hydrogen Sorption and Fast Hydrogen Evolution. ACS ENERGY LETTERS 2019; 4:2185-2191. [PMID: 31544150 PMCID: PMC6747882 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b01527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The observation of extraordinarily high conductivity in delafossite-type PdCoO2 is of great current interest, and there is some evidence that electrons behave like a fluid when flowing in bulk crystals of PdCoO2. Thus, this material is an ideal platform for the study of the electron transfer processes in heterogeneous reactions. Here, we report the use of bulk single-crystal PdCoO2 as a promising electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs). An overpotential of only 31 mV results in a current density of 10 mA cm-2, accompanied by high long-term stability. We have precisely determined that the crystal surface structure is modified after electrochemical activation with the formation of strained Pd nanoclusters in the surface layer. These nanoclusters exhibit reversible hydrogen sorption and desorption, creating more active sites for hydrogen access. The bulk PdCoO2 single crystal with ultrahigh conductivity, which acts as a natural substrate for the Pd nanoclusters, provides a high-speed channel for electron transfer.
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- Guowei Li
- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Department
of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Max
Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- School
of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United
States
- Kavli
Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
- Scottish
Universities Physics Alliance, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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Interface-based tuning of Rashba spin-orbit interaction in asymmetric oxide heterostructures with 3d electrons. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3052. [PMID: 31296861 PMCID: PMC6624272 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10961-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The Rashba effect plays important roles in emerging quantum materials physics and potential spintronic applications, entailing both the spin orbit interaction (SOI) and broken inversion symmetry. In this work, we devise asymmetric oxide heterostructures of LaAlO3//SrTiO3/LaAlO3 (LAO//STO/LAO) to study the Rashba effect in STO with an initial centrosymmetric structure, and broken inversion symmetry is created by the inequivalent bottom and top interfaces due to their opposite polar discontinuities. Furthermore, we report the observation of a transition from the cubic Rashba effect to the coexistence of linear and cubic Rashba effects in the oxide heterostructures, which is controlled by the filling of Ti orbitals. Such asymmetric oxide heterostructures with initially centrosymmetric materials provide a general strategy for tuning the Rashba SOI in artificial quantum materials. The two-dimensional electron gases that form at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructure interfaces feature strong spin-orbit interactions, leading to proposed spintronic applications. Lin et al. show that the design of asymmetric heterostructures enables the Rashba spin-orbit interaction to be tuned between two regimes.
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Soifer H, Gauthier A, Kemper AF, Rotundu CR, Yang SL, Xiong H, Lu D, Hashimoto M, Kirchmann PS, Sobota JA, Shen ZX. Band-Resolved Imaging of Photocurrent in a Topological Insulator. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:167401. [PMID: 31075004 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.167401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We study the microscopic origins of photocurrent generation in the topological insulator Bi_{2}Se_{3} via time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We image the unoccupied band structure as it evolves following a circularly polarized optical excitation and observe an asymmetric electron population in momentum space, which is the spectroscopic signature of a photocurrent. By analyzing the rise times of the population we identify which occupied and unoccupied electronic states are coupled by the optical excitation. We conclude that photocurrents can only be excited via resonant optical transitions coupling to spin-orbital textured states. Our work provides a microscopic understanding of how to control photocurrents in systems with spin-orbit coupling and broken inversion symmetry.
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- H Soifer
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Departments of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Departments of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Departments of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Departments of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Departments of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Itinerant ferromagnetism of the Pd-terminated polar surface of PdCoO 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:12956-12960. [PMID: 30514820 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1811873115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The ability to modulate the collective properties of correlated electron systems at their interfaces and surfaces underpins the burgeoning field of "designer" quantum materials. Here, we show how an electronic reconstruction driven by surface polarity mediates a Stoner-like magnetic instability to itinerant ferromagnetism at the Pd-terminated surface of the nonmagnetic delafossite oxide metal PdCoO2 Combining angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and density-functional theory calculations, we show how this leads to a rich multiband surface electronic structure. We find similar surface state dispersions in PdCrO2, suggesting surface ferromagnetism persists in this sister compound despite its bulk antiferromagnetic order.
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Choi WY, Kim HJ, Chang J, Han SH, Abbout A, Saidaoui HBM, Manchon A, Lee KJ, Koo HC. Ferromagnet-Free All-Electric Spin Hall Transistors. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:7998-8002. [PMID: 30472862 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The spin field-effect transistor, an essential building block for spin information processing, shows promise for energy-efficient computing. Despite steady progress, it suffers from a low-output signal because of low spin injection and detection efficiencies. We demonstrate that this low-output obstacle can be overcome by utilizing direct and inverse spin Hall effects for spin injection and detection, respectively, without a ferromagnetic component. The output voltage of our all-electric spin Hall transistor is about two orders of magnitude larger than that of previously reported spin transistors based on ferromagnets or quantum point contacts. Moreover, the symmetry of the spin Hall effect allows all-electric spin Hall transistors to effectively mimic n-type and p-type devices, opening a way of realizing the complementary functionality.
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- Won Young Choi
- Center for Spintronics , Korea Institute of Science and Technology , Seoul 02792 , Korea
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- Center for Spintronics , Korea Institute of Science and Technology , Seoul 02792 , Korea
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- Center for Spintronics , Korea Institute of Science and Technology , Seoul 02792 , Korea
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- Center for Spintronics , Korea Institute of Science and Technology , Seoul 02792 , Korea
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) , Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE) , Thuwal 23955-6900 , Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) , Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE) , Thuwal 23955-6900 , Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) , Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE) , Thuwal 23955-6900 , Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) , Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division (CEMSE) , Thuwal 23955-6900 , Saudi Arabia
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology , Korea University , Seoul 02841 , Korea
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Korea University , Seoul 02841 , Korea
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- Center for Spintronics , Korea Institute of Science and Technology , Seoul 02792 , Korea
- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology , Korea University , Seoul 02841 , Korea
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Munson KT, Kennehan ER, Doucette GS, Asbury JB. Dynamic Disorder Dominates Delocalization, Transport, and Recombination in Halide Perovskites. Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cho S, Park JH, Hong J, Jung J, Kim BS, Han G, Kyung W, Kim Y, Mo SK, Denlinger JD, Shim JH, Han JH, Kim C, Park SR. Experimental Observation of Hidden Berry Curvature in Inversion-Symmetric Bulk 2H-WSe_{2}. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:186401. [PMID: 30444409 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.186401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We investigate the hidden Berry curvature in bulk 2H-WSe_{2} by utilizing the surface sensitivity of angle resolved photoemission (ARPES). The symmetry in the electronic structure of transition metal dichalcogenides is used to uniquely determine the local orbital angular momentum (OAM) contribution to the circular dichroism (CD) in ARPES. The extracted CD signals for the K and K^{'} valleys are almost identical, but their signs, which should be determined by the valley index, are opposite. In addition, the sign is found to be the same for the two spin-split bands, indicating that it is independent of spin state. These observed CD behaviors are what are expected from Berry curvature of a monolayer of WSe_{2}. In order to see if CD-ARPES is indeed representative of hidden Berry curvature within a layer, we use tight binding analysis as well as density functional calculation to calculate the Berry curvature and local OAM of a monolayer WSe_{2}. We find that measured CD-ARPES is approximately proportional to the calculated Berry curvature as well as local OAM, further supporting our interpretation.
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- Soohyun Cho
- Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea
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Hu L, Huang H, Wang Z, Jiang W, Ni X, Zhou Y, Zielasek V, Lagally MG, Huang B, Liu F. Ubiquitous Spin-Orbit Coupling in a Screw Dislocation with High Spin Coherency. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:066401. [PMID: 30141639 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.066401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We theoretically demonstrate that screw dislocation (SD), a 1D topological defect widely present in semiconductors, exhibits ubiquitously a new form of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effect. Differing from the widely known conventional 2D Rashba-Dresselhaus (RD) SOC effect that typically exists at surfaces or interfaces, the deep-level nature of SD-SOC states in semiconductors readily makes it an ideal SOC. Remarkably, the spin texture of 1D SD-SOC, pertaining to the inherent symmetry of SD, exhibits a significantly higher degree of spin coherency than the 2D RD-SOC. Moreover, the 1D SD-SOC can be tuned by ionicity in compound semiconductors to ideally suppress spin relaxation, as demonstrated by comparative first-principles calculations of SDs in Si/Ge, GaAs, and SiC. Our findings therefore open a new door to manipulating spin transport in semiconductors by taking advantage of an otherwise detrimental topological defect.
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- Lin Hu
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100084, China
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Lavrentiev V, Chvostova D, Stupakov A, Lavrentieva I, Vacik J, Motylenko M, Barchuk M, Rafaja D, Dejneka A. Quantum plasmon and Rashba-like spin splitting in self-assembled Co x C 60 composites with enhanced Co content (x > 15). NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 29:135701. [PMID: 29368694 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaaa7a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Driving by interplay between plasmonic and magnetic effects in organic composite semiconductors is a challenging task with a huge potential for practical applications. Here, we present evidence of a quantum plasmon excited in the self-assembled Co x C60 nanocomposite films with x > 15 (interval of the Co cluster coalescence) and analyse it using the optical absorption (OA) spectra. In the case of Co x C60 film with x = 16 (LF sample), the quantum plasmon generated by the Co/CoO clusters is found as the 1.5 eV-centred OA peak. This finding is supported by the establishment of four specific C60-related OA lines detected at the photon energies E p > 2.5 eV. Increase of the Co content up to x = 29 (HF sample) leads to pronounced enhancement of OA intensity in the energy range of E p > 2.5 eV and to plasmonic peak downshift of 0.2 eV with respect to the peak position in the LF spectrum. Four pairs of the OA peaks evaluated in the HF spectrum at E p > 2.5 eV reflect splitting of the C60-related lines, suggesting great change in the microscopic conditions with increasing x. Analysis of the film nanostructure and the plasmon-induced conditions allows us to propose a Rashba-like spin splitting effect that suggests valuable sources for spin polarization.
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- Vasily Lavrentiev
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rez-130, Husinec 25068, Czechia
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