Electrically controlled spin polarized current in Dirac semimetals

Abstract We propose a highly tunable $$100\%$$ 100 % spin-polarized current generated in a spintronic device based on a Dirac semimetal (DSM) under a magnetic field, which can be achieved merely by controlling electrical parameters, i.e. the gate voltage, the chemical potential in the lead and the c...

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Autores principales: Qianqian Lv, Pei-Hao Fu, Xiang-Long Yu, Jun-Feng Liu, Jiansheng Wu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:29c14ed2ee3b44b890e01c8fe4f6605c2021-11-08T10:47:57ZElectrically controlled spin polarized current in Dirac semimetals10.1038/s41598-021-01067-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/29c14ed2ee3b44b890e01c8fe4f6605c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01067-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract We propose a highly tunable $$100\%$$ 100 % spin-polarized current generated in a spintronic device based on a Dirac semimetal (DSM) under a magnetic field, which can be achieved merely by controlling electrical parameters, i.e. the gate voltage, the chemical potential in the lead and the coupling strength between the leads and the DSM. These parameters are all related to the special properties of a semimetal. The spin polarized current generated by gate voltage is guaranteed by its semimetallic feature, because of which the density of state vanishes near Dirac nodes. The barrier controlled current results from the different distance of Weyl nodes generated by the Zeeman field. And the coupling strength controlled spin polarized current originates from the surface Fermi arcs. This DSM-based spintronic device is expected to be realized in $$\hbox {Cd}_{3}\hbox {As}_{2}$$ Cd 3 As 2 experimentally.Qianqian LvPei-Hao FuXiang-Long YuJun-Feng LiuJiansheng WuNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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Qianqian Lv
Pei-Hao Fu
Xiang-Long Yu
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Jiansheng Wu
Electrically controlled spin polarized current in Dirac semimetals
description Abstract We propose a highly tunable $$100\%$$ 100 % spin-polarized current generated in a spintronic device based on a Dirac semimetal (DSM) under a magnetic field, which can be achieved merely by controlling electrical parameters, i.e. the gate voltage, the chemical potential in the lead and the coupling strength between the leads and the DSM. These parameters are all related to the special properties of a semimetal. The spin polarized current generated by gate voltage is guaranteed by its semimetallic feature, because of which the density of state vanishes near Dirac nodes. The barrier controlled current results from the different distance of Weyl nodes generated by the Zeeman field. And the coupling strength controlled spin polarized current originates from the surface Fermi arcs. This DSM-based spintronic device is expected to be realized in $$\hbox {Cd}_{3}\hbox {As}_{2}$$ Cd 3 As 2 experimentally.
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author Qianqian Lv
Pei-Hao Fu
Xiang-Long Yu
Jun-Feng Liu
Jiansheng Wu
author_facet Qianqian Lv
Pei-Hao Fu
Xiang-Long Yu
Jun-Feng Liu
Jiansheng Wu
author_sort Qianqian Lv
title Electrically controlled spin polarized current in Dirac semimetals
title_short Electrically controlled spin polarized current in Dirac semimetals
title_full Electrically controlled spin polarized current in Dirac semimetals
title_fullStr Electrically controlled spin polarized current in Dirac semimetals
title_full_unstemmed Electrically controlled spin polarized current in Dirac semimetals
title_sort electrically controlled spin polarized current in dirac semimetals
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/29c14ed2ee3b44b890e01c8fe4f6605c
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