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Spin filtering and spin separation in 2D materials by topological spin Hall effect

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Abstract

We propose to study new physical effects based on electron scattering on magnetic skyrmions and vortexes distributed in a 2D ferromagnetic material. We show that the topological spin Hall effect (TSHE) can be efficiently employed for the filtering, switching, and separation of spin currents. For some values of the parameters (conduction electron concentrations, and skyrmion/vortex sizes) it is possible to separate Hall currents for different electron spin projections as it is like for different carrier charges (electrons and holes) in the normal Hall effect. The calculations are performed using the Boltzmann kinetic equation for the nonequilibrium distribution function and the Lippmann-Schwinger equation for the transition matrix in the whole range of the adiabaticity parameter. The spin filtering due to the skyrmion/vortex scattering can be several orders of magnitude more efficient in the narrow range of the electron concentrations than that of the ordinary ferromagnetic spin polarization in spintronics

Presenters

  • Yuri Dahnovsky

    University of Wyoming

Authors

  • Andrei S. Zadorozhnyi

    University of Wyoming

  • Yuri Dahnovsky

    University of Wyoming