Unidirectional Seebeck effect from Rashba spin-orbit coupling on the subsurface of Ge(111)

Abstract

A new nonlinear magnetothermal effect, namely unidirectional Seebeck effect(USE), has been recently reported in magnetic/nonmagnetic topological insulator (TI) heterostructure and is ascribed to the asymmetry magnon scattering. Here, we show a new mechanism to generate USE in the Rashba two dimensional electron gas (2DEG), in which the magnetism or magnetic order is completely absent. It's found that the USE has a quantum origin from the spin-momentum locking generated from Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We find that the USE exhibits a sine dependence on the orientation of the magnetic field with respect to the direction of the temperature gradient and is dominant from the states above the Lifshitz point. The USE in the semiconductor Ge(111) subsurface states has been theoretically and systematically investigated.

arXiv comment9 pages, 4 figures

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