Spin-selective magneto-conductivity in WSe$_2$
Abstract
Material systems that exhibit tunable spin-selective conductivity are key components of spintronic technologies. Here we demonstrate a novel type of spin-selective transport, based on the unusual Landau level (LL) sequence observed in bilayer WSe under large applied magnetic fields. We find that the conductivity depends strongly on the relative iso-spin ordering between conducting electrons in a partially filled LL and the localized electrons of lower energy filled LLs, with conductivity observed to be almost completely suppressed when the spin-ratio and field-tuned Coulomb energy exceed a critical threshold. Switching between "on/off" states is achievable through either modulation of the external magnetic or electric fields, with many-body interaction driving a collective switching mechanism. In contrast to magnetoresistive heterostructures, this system achieves electrically tunable spin filtering within a single material, driven by interaction between free and localized spins residing in energy-separated spin/valley polarized bands. Similar spin-selective conductivity may be realizable in multi-flat band systems at zero magnetic field.
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@article{arxiv.2307.00446,
title = {Spin-selective magneto-conductivity in WSe$_2$},
author = {En-Min Shih and Qianhui Shi and Daniel Rhodes and Bumho Kim and Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi and Kun Yang and James Hone and Cory R. Dean},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.00446},
year = {2023}
}