[15p-PA01-1~58] 10 Spintronics and Magnetics (Poster)

▲ [15p-PA01-33] First-principles calculation of the persistent spin helix on an OH-terminated diamond surface

〇(D)Hana Pratiwi Kadarisman¹, Naoya Yamaguchi², Fumiyuki Ishii² (1.Grad.Sch.Nat.Sci.Technol., Kanazawa Univ., 2.NanoMaRi, Kanazawa Univ.)

Keywords:persistent spin helix, diamond, spintronic

The surface termination of semiconductors is a key factor to overcome instability and chemical reactivity due to the dangling bonds. Hydrogen (H)-terminated diamond surfaces become more electrically conductive.^1,2 On the other hand, oxygen (O)-terminated diamond surfaces exhibit nonconductive electrical characteristics.³ Additionally, the roughness of a diamond (111) surface with an O termination tends to be higher.⁴ The OH termination may address concerns of such roughness.⁵ We calculated the effect of the OH termination on the spin splitting on diamond surfaces by using first-principles calculations. Our calculation predicted that the OH-terminated diamond (111) surface exhibits the persistent spin helix (PSH) with a spin-orbit coupling coefficient α_PSH of 14.2 meV・Å. We also calculated the Rashba spin splitting on an H-terminated diamond surface with a Rashba coefficient α_R of 3.6 meV・Å. The α_PSH of an OH-terminated diamond surface is significantly larger than the α_R of an H-terminated one. OH-terminated diamond surfaces with in-plane electric polarization and mirror symmetry may generate a PSH state which is useful for spintronic devices.

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