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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86947-z
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- Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF), Prime Minister's Office [NRF CRP12-2013-01]
- NUS [R-263-000-B30-281]
- Ministry of Education (MOE) [MOE2018-T2-2-117, R-263-000-E45-112, R-398-000-092-112]
- MOE Tier-I FRC Grant (NUS) [R-263-000-D66-114]
- MOE [C-261-000-207-532, C-261-000-777-532]
The study introduces the tight-binding Hamiltonian for strained silicene and its application in spin accumulation. The breaking of lattice symmetry reveals additional spin-orbit interaction terms, resulting in out-of-plane spin accumulation that can be utilized for spin torque switching.
A tight-binding (TB) Hamiltonian is derived for strained silicene from a multi-orbital basis. The derivation is based on the Slater-Koster coupling parameters between different orbitals across the silicene lattice and takes into account arbitrary distortion of the lattice under strain, as well as the first and second-order spin-orbit interactions (SOI). The breaking of the lattice symmetry reveals additional SOI terms which were previously neglected. As an exemplary application, we apply the linearized low-energy TB Hamiltonian to model the current-induced spin accumulation in strained silicene coupled to an in-plane magnetization. The interplay between symmetry-breaking and the additional SOI terms induces an out-of-plane spin accumulation. This spin accumulation remains unbalanced after summing over the Fermi surfaces of the occupied bands and the two valleys, and can thus be utilized for spin torque switching.
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