Spin-injection Hall effect Spin-injection Hall effect: A new member of the spintronic Hall family Institute of Physics of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Prague, November 18th, 2008 JAIRO SINOVA Texas A&M University Institute of Physics ASCR Research fueled by: 1 Hitachi Cambridge Jorg Wunderlich , A. Irvine, et al Institute of Physics ASCR Tomas Jungwirth ,, Vít Novák, et al Texas A&M A. Kovalev, M. Borunda, A. Kovalev, et al
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Spin-injection Hall effectSpin-injection Hall effect: A new member of the spintronic Hall
family
Institute of Physics of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Prague, November 18th,
2008
JAIRO SINOVATexas A&M University
Institute of Physics ASCR
Research fueled by: 1
Hitachi CambridgeJorg Wunderlich, A.
Irvine, et al
Institute of Physics ASCRTomas Jungwirth,, Vít Novák, et
al
Texas A&MA. Kovalev, M. Borunda,
A. Kovalev, et al
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Anomalous Hall transport: lots to think about
Taguchi et al Fang et al
Wunderlich et al
Kato et al
Valenzuela et al
SHE Inverse SHE
SHEIntrinsic AHE(magnetic monopoles?)
AHE
AHE in complex spin textures
Brune et al
The family of spintronic Hall effectsThe family of spintronic Hall effects
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AHEB=0
polarized charge current
gives charge-spin
current
Electrical detection
jqs––– – –– – –– – –
+ + + + + + + + + +AHE
Ferromagnetic(polarized charge current)
SHEB=0
charge current gives
spin current
Optical detection
jq
SHE
nonmagnetic(unpolarizedcharge current)
SHE-1
B=0spin current
gives charge current
Electrical detection
js–––––––––––
+ + + + + + + + + +iSHE
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Towards a spin-based non-magnetic FET device:Towards a spin-based non-magnetic FET device: can we electrically measure the spin-polarization?
ISHE is now routinely used to detect other effects related to the generated spin-currents (Sitho et al Nature 2008)
Can we achieve direct spin polarization detection through an electrical measurement in an all paramagnetic semiconductor system?
Long standing paradigm: Datta-Das FET
Unfortunately it has not worked: •no reliable detection of spin-polarization in a diagonal transport configuration •No long spin-coherence in a Rashba SO coupled system
Alternative:Alternative: utilize technology developed to detect SHE in 2DHG and measure polarization via Hall
probes
J. Wunderlich, B. Kaestner, J. Sinova andT. Jungwirth, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 047204 (2005)
Spin-Hall Effect
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B. Kaestner, et al, JPL 02; B. Kaestner, et al Microelec. J. 03; Xiulai Xu, et al APL 04, Wunderlich et al PRL 05
Proposed experiment/device: Coplanar photocell in reverse bias with Hall probes along the 2DEG channelBorunda, Wunderlich, Jungwirth, Sinova et al PRL 07
Device schematic - materialmaterial
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i pn
2DHG
-
2DHGi p
n
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Device schematic - trenchtrench
i
p
n2DHG
2DEG
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Device schematic – n-etchn-etch
Vd
VH
2DHG
2DEG
Vs
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Device schematic – Hall Hall measurementmeasurement
Electrons have an “anomalous” velocity perpendicular to the electric field related to their Berry’s phase curvature which is nonzero when they have spin-orbit coupling.
~τ0 or independent of impurity density
Electrons deflect first to one side due to the field created by the impurity and deflect back when they leave the impurity since the field is opposite resulting in a side step. They however come out in a different band so this gives rise to an anomalous velocity through scattering rates times side jump.
independent of impurity density
Skew scattering
Asymmetric scattering due to the spin-orbit coupling of the electron or the impurity. This is also known as Mott scattering used to polarize beams of particles in accelerators.
~1/ni
STRONG SPIN-ORBIT COUPLED REGIME (Δso>ħ/τ)
Vimp(r)
Vimp(r)
Electrons deflect to the right or to the left as they are accelerated by an electric field ONLY because of the spin-orbit coupling in the periodic potential (electronics structure)
E
SO coupled quasiparticles
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WEAK SPIN-ORBIT COUPLED REGIME (Δso<ħ/τ)
Side jump scattering from SO disorder
Electrons deflect first to one side due to the field created by the impurity and deflect back when they leave the impurity since the field is opposite resulting in a side step. They however come out in a different band so this gives rise to an anomalous velocity through scattering rates times side jump.
independent of impurity density λ*Vimp(r)
Skew scattering from SO disorder
Asymmetric scattering due to the spin-orbit coupling of the electron or the impurity. This is also known as Mott scattering used to polarize beams of particles in accelerators.
~1/ni
λ*Vimp(r)
The terms/contributions dominant in the strong SO couple regime are strongly reduced (quasiparticles not well defined due to strong disorder broadening). Other terms, originating from the interaction of the quasiparticles with the SO-coupled part of the disorder potential dominate.
Better understood than the strongly SO couple regime
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AHE contribution
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H pxpnn
ex 3
]011[*
]011[ 101.1)(2)(
Type (i) contribution much smaller in the weak SO coupled regime where the SO-coupled bands are not resolved, dominant contribution from type (ii)
Crepieux et al PRB 01Nozier et al J. Phys. 79
Two types of contributions: i)S.O. from band structure interacting with the field (external and internal)ii)Bloch electrons interacting with S.O. part of the disorder
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*22
rkkkkkm
kH yyxxyxxy
2DEG
)(2
02
*2
nnnVe
xy
skew)(
2 *2
nne
xy
jump-side
4103.5 jump-sideH
Lower bound estimate of skew scatt. contribution
Spin injection Hall effect: Theoretical consideration
Local spin polarization calculation of the Hall signal Weak SO coupling regime extrinsic skew-scattering term is dominant
)(2)( ]011[*
]011[ xpnn
ex z
iH
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Lower bound estimate
The family of spintronics Hall effects
SHE-1
B=0spin current
gives charge current
Electrical detection
AHEB=0
polarized charge current
gives charge-spin
current
Electrical detection
SHEB=0
charge current gives
spin currentOptical
detection
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SIHEB=0
Optical injected polarized
current gives charge current
Electrical detection
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SIHE: a new tool to explore spintronics
•nondestructive electric probing tool of spin propagation without magnetic elements
•all electrical spin-polarimeter in the optical range
•Gating (tunes α/β ratio) allows for FET type devices (high T operation)•New tool to explore the AHE in the strong SO coupled regime
Why is AHE difficult theoretically in the strong SO couple regime?
•AHE conductivity much smaller than σxx : many usual approximations fail
•Microscopic approaches: systematic but cumbersome; what do they mean; use non-gauge invariant quantities (final result gauge invariant)
•Multiband nature of band-structure (SO coupling) is VERY important; hard to see these effects in semi-classical description (where other bands are usually ignored).
•Simple semi-classical derivations give anomalous terms that are gauge dependent but are given physical meaning (dangerous and wrong)
•Usual “believes” on semi-classically defined terms do not match the full semi-classical theory (in agreement with microscopic theory)
•What happens near the scattering center does not stay near the scattering centers (not like Las Vegas)•T-matrix approximation (Kinetic energy conserved); no longer the case, adjustments have to be made to the collision integral term•Be VERY careful counting orders of contributions, easy mistakes can be made.
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)(ˆ
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k
kHkv
k
Hv nn
nnk
• Boltzmann semiclassical approach: easy physical interpretation of different contributions (used to define them) but very easy to miss terms and make mistakes. MUST BE CONFIRMED MICROSCOPICALLY! How one understands but not necessarily computes the effect.
• Kubo approach: systematic formalism but not very transparent.
• Keldysh approach: also a systematic kinetic equation approach (equivalent to Kubo in the linear regime). In the quasi-particle limit it must yield Boltzmann semiclassical treatment.
Microscopic vs. SemiclassicalAHE in the strongly SO couple regime
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Recent progress: full understanding of simple models in each approach
Semi-classical approach:Gauge invariant formulation; shown to match microscopic approach in 2DEG+Rashba,
GrapheneSinitsyn et al PRB 05, PRL 06, PRB 07 Borunda et al PRL 07, Nunner et al PRB 08Sinitsyn JP:C-M 08
Kubo microscopic approach:
Results in agreement with semiclassical calculations 2DEG+Rashba, Graphene
Sinitsyn et al PRL 06, PRB 07, Nunner PRB 08, Inoue PRL 06, Dugaev PRB 05
NEGF/Keldysh microscopic approach:
Numerical/analytical results in agreement in the metallic regime with
semiclassical calculations 2DEG+Rashba, Graphene
Kovalev et al PRB 08, Onoda PRL 06, PRB 08
– – – – – – – – – – – + + + + + + + + + +
jqsnonmagneticSpin-polarizer
current injected optically
Spin injection Hall effect (SIHE)Spin injection Hall effect (SIHE)
Up to now no 2DEG+R ferromagnetis: SIHE offers this possibility
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CONCLUSIONS
Spin-injection Hall effect observed in a conventional
2DEG
- nondestructive electrical probing tool of spin propagation
- indication of precession of spin-polarization
- observations in qualitative agreement with theoretical
expectations
- optical spin-injection in a reverse biased coplanar pn-
junction: large and persistent Hall signal (applications