Spin and valley half metal induced by staggered potential and magnetization in silicene.

Autor: Sa-Ke, Wang, Hong-Yu, Tian, Yong-Hong, Yang, Jun, Wang
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Zdroj: Chinese Physics B; Jan2014, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p017203-017207, 5p
Abstrakt: We investigate the electron transport in silicene with both staggered electric potential and magnetization; the latter comes from the magnetic proximity effect by depositing silicene on a magnetic insulator. It is shown that the silicene could be a spin and valley half metal under appropriate parameters when the spin—orbit interaction is considered; further, the filtered spin and valley could be controlled by modulating the staggered potential or magnetization. It is also found that in the spin-valve structure of silicene, not only can the antiparallel magnetization configuration significantly reduce the valve-structure conductance, but the reversing staggered electric potential can cause a high-performance magnetoresistance due to the spin and valley blocking effects. Our findings show that the silicene might be an ideal basis for the spin and valley filter analyzer devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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