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Dynamic nuclear polarization from topological insulator helical edge states
摘要: Topological insulators are promising for spintronics and related technologies due to their spin-momentum-locked edge states, which are protected by time-reversal symmetry. In addition to the unique fundamental physics that arises in these systems, the potential technological applications of these protected states have also been driving TI research over the past decade. However, most known topological insulator materials naturally contain spinful nuclei, and their hyperfine coupling to helical edge states intrinsically breaks time-reversal symmetry, removing the topological protection and enabling the buildup of dynamic nuclear spin polarization through hyperfine-assisted backscattering. Here, we calculate the scattering probabilities and nuclear polarization for edge channels containing up to 34 nuclear spins using a numerically exact analysis that exploits the symmetries of the problem to drastically reduce the computational complexity. We then show the emergence of universal scaling properties that allow us to extrapolate our findings to vastly larger and experimentally relevant system sizes. We find that significant nuclear polarization can result from relatively weak helical edge currents, suggesting that it may be an important factor affecting spin transport in topological insulator devices.
关键词: Hyperfine coupling,Dynamic nuclear polarization,Helical edge states,Topological insulators,Spintronics
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Electric field-induced creation and directional motion of domain walls and skyrmion bubbles
摘要: Magnetization dynamics driven by an electric field could provide long-term benefits to information technologies because of its ultralow power consumption. Meanwhile, the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in interfacially asymmetric multilayers consisting of ferromagnetic and heavy-metal layers can stabilize topological spin textures, such as chiral domain walls, skyrmions, and skyrmion bubbles. These topological spin textures can be controlled by an electric field, and hold promise for building advanced spintronic devices. Here, we present an experimental and numerical study on the electric field-induced creation and directional motion of topological spin textures in magnetic multilayer films and racetracks with thickness gradient and interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction at room temperature. We find that the electric field-induced directional motion of chiral domain wall is accompanied with the creation of skyrmion bubbles at certain conditions. We also demonstrate that the electric field variation can induce motion of skyrmion bubbles. Our findings may provide opportunities for developing skyrmion-based devices with ultralow power consumption.
关键词: perpendicular magnetic anisotropy,micromagnetics,skyrmion bubbles,spintronics,electric field effects,Skyrmions
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Molecular electronic spin qubits from a spin-frustrated trinuclear copper complex
摘要: The trinuclear copper(II) complex [Cu3(saltag)(py)6]ClO4 (H5saltag = tris(2-hydroxybenzylidene)triaminoguanidine) was synthesized and characterized by experimental as well as theoretical methods. This complex exhibits a strong antiferromagnetic coupling (J = (cid:2)298 cm(cid:2)1) between the copper(II) ions, mediated by the N–N diazine bridges of the tritopic ligand, leading to a spin-frustrated system. This compound shows a T2 coherence time of 340 ns in frozen pyridine solution, which extends to 591 ns by changing the solvent to pyridine-d5. Hence, the presented compound is a promising candidate as a building block for molecular spintronics.
关键词: antiferromagnetic coupling,trinuclear copper(II) complex,molecular spintronics,spin-frustrated system
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Floquet Engineering of Quantum Materials
摘要: Floquet engineering, the control of quantum systems using periodic driving, is an old concept in condensed matter physics dating back to ideas such as the inverse Faraday effect. However, there is a renewed interest in this concept owing to (a) the rapid developments in laser and ultrafast spectroscopy techniques, (b) discovery and understanding of various “quantum materials” hosting interesting exotic quantum properties, and (c) communication with different areas of physics such as artificial matter and nonequilibrium quantum statistical physics. Here, starting from a nontechnical introduction with emphasis on the Floquet picture and effective Hamiltonians, we review the recent applications of Floquet engineering in ultrafast, nonlinear phenomena in the solid state. In particular, Floquet topological states and their application to ultrafast spintronics and strongly correlated electron systems are overviewed.
关键词: ultrafast spintronics,Floquet topological systems,nonequilibrium quantum systems,Mott insulator
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14