arXiv · 1510.03451
Spin to charge conversion in MoS$_{2}$ monolayer with spin pumping
Abstract
Layered transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) family are gaining increasing importance due to their unique electronic band structures, promising interplay among light, valley (pseudospin), charge and spin degrees of freedom. They possess large intrinsic spin-orbit interaction which make them most relevant for the emerging field of spin-orbitronics. Here we report on the conversion of spin current to charge current in MoS2 monolayer. Using spin pumping from a ferromagnetic layer (10 nm of cobalt) we find that the spin to charge conversion is highly efficient. Analysis in the frame of the inverse Rashba-Edelstein (RE) effect yields a RE length in excess of 4 nm at room temperature. Furthermore, owing to the semiconducting nature of MoS$_{2}$, it is found that back-gating allows electrical field control of the spin-relaxation rate of the MoS$_{2}$-metallic stack.
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Cheng Cheng, Martin Collet, Juan-Carlos Rojas Sánchez, Viktoria Ivanovskaya, Bruno Dlubak, Pierre Seneor, Albert Fert, Hyun Kim, Gang Hee Han, Young Hee Lee, Heejun Yang, Abdelmadjid Anane. 2015-10-12. Spin to charge conversion in MoS$_{2}$ monolayer with spin pumping. https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03451
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