Unconventional Quantum Hall Effect and Tunable Spin Hall Effect in MoS2 Trilayers
Abstract
We analyze the Landau level (LL) structure and spin Hall effect in a MoS2 trilayer. Due to orbital asymmetry, the low-energy Dirac fermions become heavily massive and the LL energies grow linearly with , rather than with . Spin-orbital couplings break spin and valley degenerate LL's into two time reversal invariant groups, with LL crossing effects present in the valence bands. We find a field-dependent unconventional Hall plateau sequence , , , , ..., -5, -3, -1, 0, 2, 4 .... In a p-n junction, spin-resolved fractionally quantized conductance appears in two-terminal measurements with a controllable spin-polarized current that can be probed at the interface. We also show the tunability of zero-field spin Hall conductivity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1207.1205,
title = {Unconventional Quantum Hall Effect and Tunable Spin Hall Effect in MoS2 Trilayers},
author = {Xiao Li and Fan Zhang and Qian Niu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.1205},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures