Gate-tunable spin-valley transport via carrier velocity in monolayer WSe$_2$
单层WSe$_2$中通过载流子速度实现栅极可调的自旋-谷输运
Otman Bouladiane, Hocine Bahlouli, Clarence Cortes, David Laroze, Ahmed Jellal
AI总结 基于有效大质量狄拉克哈密顿量,理论研究了单层WSe$_2$中自旋和谷分辨的量子输运,发现通过调控势垒速度、标量势等参数可连续调节自旋-谷极化电流的幅值和方向。
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我们理论研究了由有效大质量狄拉克哈密顿量描述的单层二硒化钨(WSe$_2$)中自旋和谷分辨的量子输运。特别关注一个有限势垒区域,其特征是同时调制的费米速度和标量势。势垒速度$v_2$通过速度比$\xi=v_2/v_1$与外部速度$v_1$相关联,这是受斯涅尔-笛卡尔定律的光学类比启发。精确的折射条件取决于完整的自旋和谷分辨色散,而简单的比例$\xi=v_2/v_1$仅在无质量对称极限下恢复。导带和价带中由$\lambda_c$和$\lambda_v$量化的本征自旋-轨道耦合与自旋和谷依赖的塞曼场$M_s$和$M_v$的相互作用导致准粒子色散发生显著变化,从而引起输运特性的显著改变。通过求解狄拉克方程并在界面处施加电流守恒匹配条件,我们计算了自旋和谷依赖的透射概率和电导。我们的结果表明,势垒速度、标量势、入射角、入射能量和势垒宽度可作为输运的有效控制参数,产生强各向异性和共振隧穿特征。此外,我们展示了自旋和谷极化电流的幅值和方向可以通过速度和势垒调制连续调节。这些发现确立了速度和势垒联合工程作为控制二维过渡金属二硫族化物中自旋-谷物理的强大理论框架。
We theoretically investigate spin- and valley-resolved quantum transport in monolayer tungsten diselenide (WSe$_2$) described by an effective massive Dirac Hamiltonian. Particular attention is devoted to a finite barrier region characterized by simultaneously modulated Fermi velocity and scalar potential. The barrier velocity $v_2$ is related to the external velocity $v_1$ through a velocity ratio $\xi=v_2/v_1$, motivated by an optical analogy with the Snell-Descartes law. The exact refraction condition depends on the full spin- and valley-resolved dispersion, and the simple ratio $\xi=v_2/v_1$ is recovered only in the massless, symmetric limit. The interplay of intrinsic spin-orbit coupling in the conduction and valence bands, quantified by $\lambda_c$ and $\lambda_v$, with spin- and valley-dependent Zeeman fields, $M_s$ and $M_v$, gives rise to substantial changes in the quasiparticle dispersion, leading to pronounced modifications of the transport characteristics. By solving the Dirac equation and enforcing current-conserving matching conditions at the interfaces, we compute the spin- and valley-dependent transmission probability and conductance. Our results demonstrate that the barrier velocity, scalar potential, incidence angle, incident energy, and barrier width serve as effective control parameters for transport, giving rise to strong anisotropy and resonant tunneling features. Furthermore, we show that both the magnitude and orientation of spin- and valley-polarized currents can be continuously tuned via velocity and potential modulation. These findings establish combined velocity and potential engineering as a powerful theoretical framework for controlling spin-valley physics in two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides.