Kitakorn Jatiyanon. Quantum transport properties in bilayer silicene. Doctoral Degree(Physics). Kasetsart University. Office of the University Library. : Kasetsart University, 2019.
Abstract:
stacked bilayer silicene is considered in the calculation of electron transport under the ballistic regime. In the considered system, the out-of-plane electric field, staggered exchange energy from ferromagnetic insulators and circularly-polarized light are applied into the barrier. As silicene is one of the topological material candidates, topological phases are anticipated to take place in the bilayer silicene system. By calculating spin-valley Chern number, it is found that in the junctions, Chern number in bilayer silicene is twice as much as that in monolayer silicene. Topological phase transitions can also be tuned by changing the gap induced by the electric filed, the exchange energy and the polarized light. Moreover, by adopting the standard Landauer formalism to calculate conductance in the x direction, it is found that at a transition point between topological phases, there is only single spin-valley electron allowed to flow, obeying the zero-Chern number condition. This shows the presence of perfect spin-valley filter behavior controlled by the phase transition. Perfect switching of pseudospin, spin and valley polarizations from -100% to 100% is also predicted. This result is different from that in a bilayer graphene system which has very small spin-orbit coupling. The perfect polarizations induced by topological phases transitions are applicable for spin-valleytronics devices.
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