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标题：Pure spin current generation with photogalvanic effect in graphene interconnect junctions
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作者：Yan-Hong Zhou ; Shaohui Yu ; Yuejun Li 等
期刊名称：Nanophotonics
印刷版ISSN：2192-8606
电子版ISSN：2192-8614
出版年度：2021
页码：1701–1709
DOI：10.1515/nanoph-2020-0646
出版社：Walter de Gruyter GmbH
摘要：Abstract We investigate the photovoltaic behaviors of magnetic graphene interconnect junctions, which are constructed by zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs), with the aim to produce pure spin current by photogalvanic effect (PGE). Two kinds of interconnect junctions are designed by connecting two 6-ZGNR with a carbon hexagon (C6) and a carbon tetragon (C4), respectively. It is found that zero charge current is produced under irradiation of light in both structures due to the presence of spatial inversion symmetry. Nevertheless, behind the zero charge current, net pure spin current is produced in the structure with a C6, but not in the structure with a C4. This difference originates from their different edge state distribution and different spatial inversion symmetry of the spin density. However, interestingly, local edge pure spin current can be obtained in both structures. More importantly, the pure spin current generation is independent of the photon energy, polarization type or polarization angle, suggesting a robust way of generating pure spin current with PGE and new possibility of graphene’s applications in spintronics.
关键词：density functional theory; graphene; photon; pure spin current; spintronics.