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Strain-induced nonlinear spin Hall effect in topological Dirac semimetal.


ABSTRACT: We show that an electric field applied to a strained topological Dirac semimetal, such as Na3Bi and Cd3As2, induces a spin Hall current that is quadratic in the electric field. By regarding the strain as an effective "axial magnetic field" for the Dirac electrons, we investigate the electron and spin transport semiclassically in terms of the chiral kinetic theory. The nonlinear spin Hall effect arises as the cross effect between the regular Hall effect driven by the axial magnetic field and the anomalous Hall effect coming from the momentum-space topology. It provides an efficient way to generate a fully spin-polarized and rectified spin current out of an alternating electric field, which is sufficiently large and can be directly tuned by the gate voltage and the strain.

SUBMITTER: Araki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6189066 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Strain-induced nonlinear spin Hall effect in topological Dirac semimetal.

Araki Yasufumi Y  

Scientific reports 20181015 1


We show that an electric field applied to a strained topological Dirac semimetal, such as Na<sub>3</sub>Bi and Cd<sub>3</sub>As<sub>2</sub>, induces a spin Hall current that is quadratic in the electric field. By regarding the strain as an effective "axial magnetic field" for the Dirac electrons, we investigate the electron and spin transport semiclassically in terms of the chiral kinetic theory. The nonlinear spin Hall effect arises as the cross effect between the regular Hall effect driven by  ...[more]

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