Kurpas, Marcin and Gmitra, Martin and Fabian, Jaroslav (2018) Spin properties of black phosphorus and phosphorene, and their prospects for spincalorics. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 51 (17): 174001. ISSN 0022-3727, 1361-6463
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Semiconducting black phosphorus attracts a lot of attention due to its extraordinary electronic properties. Its application to spincalorics requires the knowledge about the spin and thermal properties. Here, we describe first principles calculations of the spin-orbit coupling and spin scattering in phosphorene and bulk black phosphorus. We find that the intrinsic spin-orbit coupling is of the order of 20 meV for the valence and conduction band, both for phosphorene and bulk black phosphorus, and induces spin mixing with the probability b(2) approximate to 10(-5)-10(-4). A strong anisotropy of b(2) is observed. The calculated Elliott-Yafet spin relaxation times reach nanoseconds for realistic values of the momentum relaxation times. The extrinsic spin-orbit coupling, enabling the D'yakonov-Perel' spin relaxation mechanism, is studied for phosphorene by application of a transverse electric field. We observe a strong anisotropy of the extrinsic effects for the valence band and much weaker for the conduction band. It is shown, that for small enough electric fields the spin relaxation is dominated by the Elliott-Yafet mechanism, while the D'yakonov-Perel' matters for higher electric fields. Our theoretical results stay in a good agreement with the experimental findings, and indicates that long spin lifetimes in black phosphorus and phosphorene makes them prospective materials for spincalorics and spintronics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPINTRONICS; MOBILITY; GAS; black phosphorus; phosphorene; spin relaxation; spin-orbit coupling; spin caloritronics |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Divisions: | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Jaroslav Fabian |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2020 11:16 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2020 11:16 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/14595 |
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