Spin-charge transport driven by magnetization dynamics on the disordered surface of doped topological insulators

Katsuhisa Taguchi, Kunitaka Shintani, and Yukio Tanaka
Phys. Rev. B 92, 035425 – Published 22 July 2015

Abstract

We theoretically study the spin and charge generations along with the electron transport on a disordered surface of a doped three-dimensional topological insulator/magnetic insulator junction by using Green's function techniques. We find that the spin and charge currents are induced by not only local, but also nonlocal magnetization dynamics through nonmagnetic impurity scattering on the disordered surface of the doped topological insulator. We also clarify that the spin current as well as charge density are induced by spatially inhomogeneous magnetization dynamics, and the spin current diffusively propagates on the disordered surface. Using these results, we discuss both local and nonlocal spin torques before and after the spin and spin-current generations on the surface, and provide a procedure to detect the spin current.

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  • Received 1 May 2015
  • Revised 29 June 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.035425

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Katsuhisa Taguchi, Kunitaka Shintani, and Yukio Tanaka

  • Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Nagoya 464-8603, Japan

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Vol. 92, Iss. 3 — 15 July 2015

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