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标题：Multi-Terminal Spin Valve on Channels with Spin-Momentum Locking
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作者：Shehrin Sayed ; Seokmin Hong ; Supriyo Datta 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2016
卷号：6
期号：1
DOI：10.1038/srep35658
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：It is experimentally established that charge current flowing in a channel with spin-momentum locking such as topological insulator surface states or Rashba interfaces induces a spin voltage, which can be electrically measured with a ferromagnetic contact along the current path. Using this fact in conjunction with Onsager reciprocity arguments, we make the surprising prediction that the anti-parallel resistance of a spin valve can be either larger or smaller than the parallel resistance depending on the direction of spin flow relative to the direction of spin-momentum locking. However, we argue that this remarkable signature of spin-momentum locking can only be observed in multi-terminal measurements. Two-terminal measurements in the linear response regime, will show a single anti-parallel resistance larger than the parallel resistance as commonly observed in channels without spin-orbit coupling. We support this result with detailed numerical calculations based on a semiclassical model that provides insight into the underlying physics.