The Kekule pattern of the (anti)ferromagnetic exchange field on monolayer ${\text{MoS}}_{2}$ can be induced by proximity to the (111) surface of ${\text{BiFeO}}_{3}$ on both sides. The three-band tight binding model… Click to show full abstract
The Kekule pattern of the (anti)ferromagnetic exchange field on monolayer ${\text{MoS}}_{2}$ can be induced by proximity to the (111) surface of ${\text{BiFeO}}_{3}$ on both sides. The three-band tight binding model of the ${\text{MoS}}_{2}$ layer with Kekule patterned exchange field is applied to describe the heterostructures. The tight binding model is justified by the first principle calculations. The magnetization orientations of the substrates control the pattern of the exchange field, which then switches the band structures of the lowest zigzag edge states between being metallic and insulating. The lowest four zigzag edge bands provide conducting channels with a spin-polarized current. Optical excitation of carriers in these bands generates sizable spin and charge currents, which are theoretically modeled by the perturbation solution of the semiconductor Bloch equation. The injected spin currents have multiple resonant peaks at a few frequencies, which can be switched off by rotating the magnetization orientations of the substrates.
               
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