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Elastic phonon dephasing effect on spin transport in 2D hexagonal lattice topological insulator

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Abstract 2D hexagonal lattice Topological Insulator (TI) shows topologically protected spin polarized edge transport while the bulk of the material remains insulating. The suppression of backscattering of electrons makes the… Click to show full abstract

Abstract 2D hexagonal lattice Topological Insulator (TI) shows topologically protected spin polarized edge transport while the bulk of the material remains insulating. The suppression of backscattering of electrons makes the edge transport of electrons robust against any perturbation. Elastic phonon dephasing represents a generalized scattering and dephasing mechanism. In this work, we have illustrated the effect of elastic phonon dephasing on the transport of electron in 2D hexagonal lattice TI using Non Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) formalism. The transmission was found to be unity (1) and the phase of the electron remained coherent even after strong phonon dephasing. The results of this paper indicate the suitability of TI in future dissipationless coherent nanoelectronic devices.

Keywords: elastic phonon; phonon dephasing; hexagonal lattice; transport

Journal Title: Superlattices and Microstructures
Year Published: 2021

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