Spin-polarized current induced by a local exchange field in a silicene nanoribbon

A mechanism to generate a spin-polarized current in a two-terminal zigzag silicene nanoribbon is predicted. When a weak local exchange field that is parallel to the surface of silicene is applied on one of edges of the silicene nanoribbon, a gap is opened in the corresponding edge states but another...

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Main Authors: Xing-Tao An, Yan-Yang Zhang, Jian-Jun Liu, Shu-Shen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/14/8/083039