Tunning Spin Hall conductivities in GeTe by Ferroelectric Polarization
arXiv:1907.07919 · doi:10.1002/pssb.202000143
Abstract
Controlling charge-spin current conversion by electric fields is crucial in spintronic devices, which can be realized in diatom ferroelectric semiconductor GeTe where it is established that ferroelectricity can change the spin texture. We demonstrated that the spin Hall conductivity (SHC) can be further tuned by ferroelectricity based on the density functional theory calculations. The spin texture variation driven by the electric fields was elucidated from the symmetry point of view, highlighting the interlocked spin and orbital degrees of freedom. We observed that the origin of SHC can be attributed to the Rashba effect and the intrinsic spin-orbit coupling. The magnitude of one component of SHC σ_xy^z can reach as large as 100 {\hbar}/e/(Ωcm) in the vicinity of the band edge, which is promising for engineering spintronic devices. Our work on tunable spin transport properties via the ferroelectric polarization brings novel assets into the field of spintronics.
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