Spin Orientation of Two-Dimensional Electrons Driven by Temperature-Tunable Competition of Spin-Orbit and Exchange-Magnetic Interactions

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftForschungsartikelBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • Alexander Generalov - , Lund University (Autor:in)
  • Mikhail M. Otrokov - , University of the Basque Country, Tomsk State University (Autor:in)
  • Alla Chikina - , Professur für Oberflächenphysik (Autor:in)
  • Kristin Kliemt - , Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Autor:in)
  • Kurt Kummer - , European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) (Autor:in)
  • Marc Hoeppner - , Max Planck Gesellschaft, Forschungsgruppe "Soziale Neurowissenschaften" (Autor:in)
  • Monika Guettler - , Professur für Oberflächenphysik (Autor:in)
  • Silvia Seiro - , Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (Autor:in)
  • Alexander Fedorov - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Susanne Schulz - , Professur für Oberflächenphysik (Autor:in)
  • Steffen Danzenbaecher - , Professur für Oberflächenphysik (Autor:in)
  • Evgueni V. Chulkov - , University of the Basque Country, Tomsk State University, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (Autor:in)
  • Christoph Geibel - , Max Planck Gesellschaft, Forschungsgruppe "Soziale Neurowissenschaften" (Autor:in)
  • Clemens Laubschat - , Professur für Oberflächenphysik (Autor:in)
  • Pavel Dudin - , Diamond Light Source (Autor:in)
  • Moritz Hoesch - , Diamond Light Source (Autor:in)
  • Timur Kim - , Diamond Light Source (Autor:in)
  • Milan Radovic - , ETH Zurich (Autor:in)
  • Ming Shi - , ETH Zurich (Autor:in)
  • Nicholas C. Plumb - , ETH Zurich (Autor:in)
  • Cornelius Krellner - , Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt (Autor:in)
  • Denis V. Vyalikh - , Professur für Oberflächenphysik, University of the Basque Country, Donostia Int Phys Ctr, Donostia San Sebastian , Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science (Autor:in)

Abstract

Finding ways to create and control the spin-dependent properties of two-dimensional electron states (2DESs) is a major challenge for the elaboration of novel spin based devices. Spin orbit and exchange magnetic interactions (SOI and EMI) are two fundamental fundamental mechanisms that enable access to the tunability of spin-dependent properties of carriers. The silicon surface of HoRh2Si2 appears to be a unique model system, where concurrent SOT and EMI can be visualized and controlled by varying the temperature. The beauty and simplicity of this system lie in the 4f moments, which act as a multiple tuning instrument on the 2DESs, as the 4f projections parallel and perpendicular to the surface order at essentially different temperatures. Here we show that the SOI locks the spins of the 2DESs exclusively in the surface plane when the 4f moments are disordered: the Rashba-Bychkov effect. When the temperature is gradually lowered and the system experiences magnetic order, the rising EMI progressively competes with the SOT leading to a fundamental change in the spin-dependent properties of the 2DESs. The spins rotate and reorient toward the out-of-plane Ho 4f moments. Our findings show that the direction of the spins and the spin-splitting of the two-dimensional electrons at the surface can be manipulated in a controlled way by using only one parameter: the temperature.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)811-820
Seitenumfang10
FachzeitschriftNano letters
Jahrgang17
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Feb. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 28032768
Scopus 85012016432

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Arpes, Spin-orbit coupling, Antiferromagnetism, Exchange-magnetic interaction, Rare-earth intermetallics