dc.contributor.author | SANVITO, STEFANO | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-28T15:15:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-28T15:15:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en |
dc.date.submitted | 2013 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Aaron Hurley, Awadhesh Narayan, and Stefano Sanvito, Spin-pumping and inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy in topological insulators, Physics Review B, 87, 24, 2013, 245410- | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | en |
dc.description | PUBLISHED | en |
dc.description.abstract | We demonstrate that a quantum spin Hall current, spontaneously generated at the edge of a two-dimensional topological insulator, acts as a source of spin pumping for a magnetic impurity with uniaxial anisotropy. One can then manipulate the impurity spin direction by means of an electrical current without using either magnetic electrodes or an external magnetic field. Furthermore we show that the unique properties of the quantum spin Hall topological state have profound effects on the inelastic electron tunneling spectrum of the impurity. For low current densities inelastic spin-flip events do not contribute to the conductance. As a consequence the conductance steps, normally appearing at voltages corresponding to the spin excitations, are completely suppressed. In contrast an intense current leads to spin pumping and generates a transverse component of the impurity spin. This breaks the topological phase yielding to the conductance steps | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work is supported by Science Foundation of Ireland
(A.H., Grant No. 07/IN.1/I945) and Irish Research Council for
Science, Engineering and Technology (A.N.). Computational
resources have been provided by Trinity Center for High Per-
formance Computing. We thank Cyrus Hirjibehedin, Magnus
Paulsson, and Nadjib Baadji for illuminating discussions. | en |
dc.format.extent | 245410 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Physics Review B | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 87 | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 24 | en |
dc.rights | Y | en |
dc.subject | Spin-pumping | en |
dc.title | Spin-pumping and inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy in topological insulators | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/sanvitos | en |
dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 89872 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.245410 | en |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | OpenAccess | |
dc.subject.TCDTheme | Nanoscience & Materials | en |
dc.identifier.rssuri | http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v87/i24/e245410 | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) | en |
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber | G20267 | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) | en |
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber | 07/IN.1/I945 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/67930 | |