[HTML][HTML] Spin-momentum locking and spin-orbit torques in magnetic nano-heterojunctions composed of Weyl semimetal WTe2

P Li, W Wu, Y Wen, C Zhang, J Zhang, S Zhang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Spin–orbit torque has recently been intensively investigated for the purposes of
manipulating the magnetization in magnetic nano-devices and understanding fundamental …

Spin-orbit torque in a three-dimensional topological insulator–ferromagnet heterostructure: Crossover between bulk and surface transport

S Ghosh, A Manchon - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Current-driven spin-orbit torques are investigated in a heterostructure composed of a
ferromagnet deposited on top of a three-dimensional topological insulator using the linear …

[HTML][HTML] Spin Hall photoconductance in a three-dimensional topological insulator at room temperature

P Seifert, K Vaklinova, S Ganichev, K Kern… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Three-dimensional topological insulators are a class of Dirac materials, wherein strong spin-
orbit coupling leads to two-dimensional surface states. The latter feature spin-momentum …

[HTML][HTML] Millimetre-long transport of photogenerated carriers in topological insulators

Y Hou, R Wang, R Xiao, L McClintock… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Excitons are spin integer particles that are predicted to condense into a coherent quantum
state at sufficiently low temperature. Here by using photocurrent imaging we report …

Spatially dispersive helicity-dependent photocurrent in Dirac semimetal nanobelts

BM Wang, Y Zhu, HC Travaglini, R Sun, SY Savrasov… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Topological insulators and Weyl semimetals have demonstrated a helicity-dependent
photocurrent (HDPC). In contrast, Dirac semimetals (DSMs) possess chirality-degenerate …

High surface conductivity of Fermi-arc electrons in Weyl semimetals

G Resta, ST Pi, X Wan, SY Savrasov - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Weyl semimetals (WSMs), a new type of topological condensed matter, are currently
attracting great interest due to their unusual electronic states and intriguing transport …

Intrinsic spin Hall effect in topological insulators: A first-principles study

SM Farzaneh, S Rakheja - Physical Review Materials, 2020 - APS
The intrinsic spin Hall conductivity of typical topological insulators Sb 2 Se 3, Sb 2 Te 3, Bi 2
Se 3, and Bi 2 Te 3 in the bulk form, is calculated from first principles by using density …

Many-body theory of phonon-induced spin relaxation and decoherence

J Park, Y Luo, JJ Zhou, M Bernardi - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
First-principles calculations enable accurate predictions of electronic interactions and
dynamics. However, computing the electron spin dynamics remains challenging. The spin …

Photoinduced Inverse Spin Hall Effect of Surface States in the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3

J Yu, X Zeng, L Zhang, K He, S Cheng, Y Lai… - Nano Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
The three-dimensional (3D) topological insulator (TI) Bi2Se3 exhibits topologically
protected, linearly dispersing Dirac surface states (SSs). To access the intriguing properties …

Surface charge conductivity of a topological insulator in a magnetic field: The effect of hexagonal warping

RS Akzyanov, AL Rakhmanov - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We investigate the influence of hexagonal warping on the transport properties of topological
insulators. We study the charge conductivity within Kubo formalism in the first Born …