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Topological current divider

delete2020-11-23
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Francesco Romeo *
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.102.195427delete
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We study the transport properties of a hybrid junction made of a ferromagnetic lead in electrical connection with the helical edge modes of a two-dimensional topological insulator. In this system, the time-reversal symmetry, which characterizes the ballistic edge modes of the topological insulator, is explicitly broken inside the ferromagnetic region. This conflict situation generates unusual transport phenomena at the interface which are the manifestation of the interplay between the spin polarization of the injected current and the spin-momentum locking mechanism operating inside the topological insulator. We show that the spin-polarized current originated in the ferromagnetic region is asymmetrically divided in spatially separated branch currents sustained by edge channels with different helicity inside the topological insulator. The above findings provide the working principle of a topological current divider in which the relative intensity of the branch currents is determined by the polarization of the incoming current. We discuss the relevance of this effect in spintronics where, for instance, it offers an alternative way to measure the current polarization generated by a ferromagnetic electrode.
Keyword:
MAJORANA ZERO MODES
SPIN POLARIZATION
INSULATOR
TRANSPORT
FERMIONS
STATES
MATTER
NOISE

期刊

Physical Review B 封面图
Physical Review B
IF:
3.7
论文数:
15.4W
被引数:
41.0W

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University of Salerno
学者数:
1.2W
论文数: 1.1W
被引数: 1.2W
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