Journal
PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES
Volume 133, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2021.114808
Keywords
Silicene; Photogalvanic effect; Spin-orbit coupling; Spin-valley locking
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Silicene, a novel material, exhibits unique properties in the photogalvanic effect such as breaking inversion symmetry and spin-valley locking. The absorption of polarized photons at different valleys leads to spin-polarized photocurrent injection.
Silicene has introduced itself as an outstanding novel material, which seeks its meritorious place among common spintronic devices like Cu and Ag. In this work, photogalvanic effect in silicene is studied within the semiclassical approach and beyond Dirac point approximation. Normal electric field plays the role of effective pseudo-magnetic field which breaks the inversion symmetry and splits the conduction and valence bands. The interplay between this external field and intrinsic spin-orbit coupling provides spin-valley locking in silicene. Spin-valley locking in silicene makes this material superior to its carbon counterpart, graphene. Since the absorption of the polarized photons is not equivalent at both of the valleys, spin-valley locking leads to a spinpolarized photocurrent injection.
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