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Quantitative understanding of the relationship between quantum tunneling and Fermi surface spin polarization is key to device design using topological insulator surface states. By using spin-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with…

Terahertz spintronic devices combine ultrafast operation with low power consumption, making them strong candidates for next-generation memory technologies. In this study, we use time-domain terahertz emission spectroscopy to investigate…

The process of spin-charge interconversion is critical in modern spintronics. Nonetheless, experiments conducted on a wide variety of magnetic heterostructures consistently report that charge-to-spin and spin-to-charge conversion…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-27 Shuyuan Shi , Enlong Liu , Fanrui Hu , Guoyi Shi , Aurelien Manchon , Hyunsoo Yang

We complete measurements of interconversions among the full triad of thermal gradients, charge currents, and spin currents in the topological insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$ by quantifying the efficiency with which thermal gradients can generate…

Since last few years, research based on topological insulators (TI) is in great interests due to intrinsic exotic fundamental properties and future potential applications such as quantum computers or spintronics. The fabrication of TI…

The results of scanning tunneling microscopy experiments using iron-coated tungsten tips and current-carrying bismuth selenide ($Bi_2Se_3$) samples are reported. Asymmetry in tunneling currents with respect to the change in the direction of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-04 S. Tyagi , M. Dreyer , D. Bowen , D. Hinkel , P. J. Taylor , A. L. Friedman , R. E. Butera , C. Krafft , I. Mayergoyz

Topological insulators have attracted great interest as generators of spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in spintronic devices. Bi\textsubscript{1-x}Sb\textsubscript{x} is a prominent topological insulator that has a high charge-to-spin conversion…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-06 Federico Binda , Stefano Fedel , Santos Francisco Alvarado , Paul Noël , Pietro Gambardella

Spin-momentum locking, a key property of the surface states of three-dimensional topological insulators (3DTIs), provides a new avenue for spintronics applications. One consequence of spin-momentum locking is the induction of surface spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-08 Ali Asgharpour , Cosimo Gorini , Sven Essert , Klaus Richter , İnanç Adagideli

Disordered topological insulator (TI) films have gained intense interest by benefiting from both the TIs exotic transport properties and the advantage of mass production by sputtering. Here, we report on the clear evidence of spin-charge…

Electric-field control of magnetization dynamics is fundamentally and technologically important for future spintronic devices. Here, based on electric-field control of both magnetic anisotropy and spin--orbit torque, two distinct methods…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-15 Takahiro Chiba , Takashi Komine

Recently, A2B3 type strong spin orbital coupling compounds such as Bi2Te3, Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te3 were theoretically predicated to be topological insulators and demonstrated through experimental efforts. The counterpart compound Sb2Se3 on the…

Magnons possess the ability to transport spin angular momentum in insulating magnetic materials, a characteristic that sets them apart from traditional electronics where power consumption arises from the movement of electrons. However, the…

We investigate the magnetization dynamics that arise when a thin-film ferromagnet is deposited on a topological insulator (TI), focusing in particular on domain-wall motion via current and the possibility of a spin-wave torque acting on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Jacob Linder

Material defects remain as the main bottleneck to the progress of topological insulators (TIs). In particular, efforts to achieve thin TI samples with dominant surface transport have always led to increased defects and degraded mobilities,…

Topological insulators provide a new platform for spintronics due to the spin texture of the surface states that are topologically robust against elastic backscattering. Here, we report on an investigation of the measured voltage obtained…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-05 E. K. de Vries , A. M. Kamerbeek , N. Koirala , M. Brahlek , M. Salehi , S. Oh , B. J. van Wees , T. Banerjee

Topological insulators (TIs) have attracted much attention due to their spin-polarized surface and edge states, whose origin in symmetry gives them intriguing quantum-mechanical properties. Robust control over the chemical potential of TI…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 Andrew L. Yeats , Yu Pan , Anthony Richardella , Peter J. Mintun , Nitin Samarth , David D. Awschalom

The tunability of the chemical potential for a wide range encompassing the Dirac point is important for many future devices based on topological insulators. Here we report a method to fabricate highly efficient top gates on epitaxially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Fan Yang , A. A. Taskin , Satoshi Sasaki , Kouji Segawa , Yasuhide Ohno , Kazuhiko Matsumoto , Yoichi Ando

Two essential ingredients for the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect, i.e. topological and magnetic orders, can be combined by doping magnetic ions into a topological insulator (TI) film. Through this approach, the QAH effect has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Fei Wang , Yi-Fan Zhao , Zijie Yan , Hemian Yi , Wei Yuan , Lingjie Zhou , Weiwei Zhao , Moses H. W. Chan , Cui-Zu Chang

The growing demand for artificial intelligence and complex computing has underscored the urgent need for advanced data storage technologies. Spin-orbit torque (SOT) has emerged as a leading candidate for high-speed, high-density magnetic…

Contrary to conventional wisdom that spin dynamics induced by current are exclusive to metallic magnets, we theoretically predict that such phenomena can also be realized in magnetic insulators, specifically in the magnetoelectric…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-07 R. M. Dubrovin , Z. V. Gareeva , A. V. Kimel , A. K. Zvezdin