Local electric field induced spin photocurrent in ReS2

Abstract

Circular polarized photocurrent is observed near the electrodes on a few-layer ReS2sample at room temperature. For both electrodes, the spatial distribution of the circular polarized photocurrent shows a feature of two wings, with one positive and the other negative. We suggest that this phenomenon arises from the inverse spin Hall effect due to local electric field near the electrode. Bias voltage that modulates this field further controls the sign and magnitude of the inverse spin Hall effect photocurrent. Our research shows that electric field near electrodes has a significant impact on spin transmission operation, hence it could be taken into account for manufacturing spintronic devices in future.

arXiv comment14 pages,6 figures

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