Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 106, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.106.L081121
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2020YFA0308800]
- NSF of China [11734003, 12061131002, 12104043]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB30000000]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2021M690409]
- FunFundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- NSFC [12004107]
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This study proposes a mechanism to achieve high-performance spin polarization in topological insulators and demonstrates a method for generating nonlinear Nernst effect in TIs. Spin-polarized current can be induced in TIs through band tilt, offering a potential route for spintronics applications.
Topological insulators (TIs) hold promise as a platform for spintronics applications due to the fascinating spinmomentum locking (SML) of the surface states. One particular interest lies in using TIs as spin-polarized sources for spintronics structures. Here, we propose the band tilt induced nonlinear Nernst effect (NLNE) in TIs as a clean and efficient route to generate high-performance spin polarization (SP). We show that in the presence of SML and hexagonal warping effect a finite band tilt can induce an imbalance of two spin carriers and effectively give rise to spin-polarized NLNE current in TIs. In our scheme, both the spin current and charge current regime can be achieved under the thermal drive. The obtainable SP can be efficiently tuned in either a smooth or rapid way, exhibiting highly flexible tunability. In addition, near-unity SP can be generated within a wide range of tunable parameters, which is also found to be robust against temperature. Therefore, our work provides a mechanism to realize controllable room-temperature high-degree SP based on TIs, which is of essential importance for future spintronics applications.
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