Nonlinear optical Hall effect of few-layered NbSe_{2}

NbSe_{2} is one of metallic two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) materials. Because of broken crystal inversion symmetry, large spin splitting is induced by Ising-type spin-orbit coupling in odd-number-layered NbSe_{2}, but absent for even-number-layered NbSe_{2} with the inve...

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Main Authors: Ren Habara, Katsunori Wakabayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2022-03-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.013219
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description NbSe_{2} is one of metallic two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) materials. Because of broken crystal inversion symmetry, large spin splitting is induced by Ising-type spin-orbit coupling in odd-number-layered NbSe_{2}, but absent for even-number-layered NbSe_{2} with the inversion symmetry. In this paper we numerically calculate nonlinear optical charge and spin Hall conductivities of few-layered NbSe_{2} based on an effective tight-binding model which includes d_{z^{2}}, d_{x^{2}−y^{2}}, and d_{xy} orbitals of Nb atoms. We show that the nonlinear optical Hall conductivity for the second harmonic generation (SHG) process has a nonvanishing value in odd-number-layered NbSe_{2}. Also, we provide a nonlinear optical selection rule in few-layered NbSe_{2} and their polarization dependencies. Furthermore, for the even-number-layered case, the nonlinear optical Hall currents can be generated by applying electric fields which break inversion symmetry. We also discuss that the nonlinear optical Hall effect is expected to occur in TMDC materials in general. Thus, our results will serve to design potential opt-spintronics devices based on 2D materials to generate the spin Hall current by SHG.
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spelling doaj.art-a1fbfaa6f75041c69c4fefbe796057312024-04-12T17:19:07ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Research2643-15642022-03-014101321910.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.013219Nonlinear optical Hall effect of few-layered NbSe_{2}Ren HabaraKatsunori WakabayashiNbSe_{2} is one of metallic two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) materials. Because of broken crystal inversion symmetry, large spin splitting is induced by Ising-type spin-orbit coupling in odd-number-layered NbSe_{2}, but absent for even-number-layered NbSe_{2} with the inversion symmetry. In this paper we numerically calculate nonlinear optical charge and spin Hall conductivities of few-layered NbSe_{2} based on an effective tight-binding model which includes d_{z^{2}}, d_{x^{2}−y^{2}}, and d_{xy} orbitals of Nb atoms. We show that the nonlinear optical Hall conductivity for the second harmonic generation (SHG) process has a nonvanishing value in odd-number-layered NbSe_{2}. Also, we provide a nonlinear optical selection rule in few-layered NbSe_{2} and their polarization dependencies. Furthermore, for the even-number-layered case, the nonlinear optical Hall currents can be generated by applying electric fields which break inversion symmetry. We also discuss that the nonlinear optical Hall effect is expected to occur in TMDC materials in general. Thus, our results will serve to design potential opt-spintronics devices based on 2D materials to generate the spin Hall current by SHG.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.013219
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title_fullStr Nonlinear optical Hall effect of few-layered NbSe_{2}
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