Layer- and Gate-tunable Spin-Orbit Coupling in a High Mobility Few-Layer Semiconductor

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العنوان: Layer- and Gate-tunable Spin-Orbit Coupling in a High Mobility Few-Layer Semiconductor
المؤلفون: Shcherbakov, D., Stepanov, P., Memaran, S., Wang, Y., Xin, Y., Yang, J., Wei, K., Baumbach, R., Zheng, W., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Bockrath, M., Smirnov, D., Siegrist, T., Windl, W., Balicas, L., Lau, C. N.
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics, Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
الوصف: Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a relativistic effect, where an electron moving in an electric field experiences an effective magnetic field in its rest frame. In crystals without inversion symmetry, it lifts the spin degeneracy and leads to many magnetic, spintronic and topological phenomena and applications. In bulk materials, SOC strength is a constant that cannot be modified. Here we demonstrate SOC and intrinsic spin-splitting in atomically thin InSe, which can be modified over an unprecedentedly large range. From quantum oscillations, we establish that the SOC parameter \alpha is thickness-dependent; it can be continuously modulated over a wide range by an out-of-plane electric field, achieving intrinsic spin splitting tunable between 0 and 20 meV. Surprisingly, \alpha could be enhanced by an order of magnitude in some devices, suggesting that SOC can be further manipulated. Our work highlights the extraordinary tunability of SOC in 2D materials, which can be harnessed for in operando spintronic and topological devices and applications.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.00937
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2012.00937
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv