Kim Junghwan, Kim Yunjae, Sung Dongchul, Hong Suklyun
Department of Physics, Graphene Research Institute, Quantum Information Science and Technology Center, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2024 Jul 31;14(15):1295. doi: 10.3390/nano14151295.
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have shown outstanding potential for new devices based on their interesting electrical properties beyond conventional 3D materials. In recent years, new concepts such as the valley degree of freedom have been studied to develop valleytronics in hexagonal lattice 2D materials. We investigated the valley degree of freedom of GaX and Janus GaXY (X, Y = S, Se, Te). By considering the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effect in the band structure calculations, we identified the Rashba-type spin splitting in band structures of Janus GaSSe and GaSTe. Further, we confirmed that the Zeeman-type spin splitting at the K and K' valleys of GaX and Janus GaXY show opposite spin contributions. We also calculated the Berry curvatures of GaX and Janus GaXY. In this study, we find that GaX and Janus GaXY have a similar magnitude of Berry curvatures, while having opposite signs at the K and K' points. In particular, GaTe and GaSeTe have relatively larger Berry curvatures of about 3.98 Å and 3.41 Å, respectively, than other GaX and Janus GaXY.
二维(2D)材料因其超越传统三维材料的有趣电学特性,在新型器件方面展现出了卓越的潜力。近年来,诸如谷自由度等新概念已被研究,以在六角晶格二维材料中发展谷电子学。我们研究了GaX和Janus GaXY(X、Y = S、Se、Te)的谷自由度。通过在能带结构计算中考虑自旋轨道耦合(SOC)效应,我们在Janus GaSSe和GaSTe的能带结构中识别出了Rashba型自旋分裂。此外,我们证实了GaX和Janus GaXY在K和K'谷处的塞曼型自旋分裂表现出相反的自旋贡献。我们还计算了GaX和Janus GaXY的贝里曲率。在本研究中,我们发现GaX和Janus GaXY具有相似大小的贝里曲率,而在K和K'点处符号相反。特别是,GaTe和GaSeTe分别具有约3.98 Å和3.41 Å的相对较大的贝里曲率,比其他GaX和Janus GaXY更大。