{
  "id": "1206.4733",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "2012-06-20T22:29:01.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-09-03T17:58:51.000Z",
  "title": "Spin-polarized tunneling current through a thin film of topological insulator in a parallel magnetic field",
  "authors": [
    "Sergey S. Pershoguba",
    "Victor M. Yakovenko"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 3 figures; Section V edited and extended",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 86, 165404 (2012)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.86.165404",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci"
  ],
  "abstract": "We calculate the tunneling conductance \\sigma between the surface states on the opposite sides of the ultra-thin film of a topological insulator in a parallel magnetic field B_y. The parallel magnetic produces a relative shift of the in-plane momenta of the two surfaces states. An overlap between the shifted Fermi circles and their spin structure define an unusual dependence of the tunneling conductance \\sigma(B_y) on the magnetic field. Because the spin of the electronic surface states in topological insulators is locked with momentum, the spin-polarization of the tunneling current can be controlled by magnetic field B_y.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "2012-09-03T17:58:51.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "73.50.Jt",
      "03.65.Vf"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "parallel magnetic field",
      "topological insulator",
      "spin-polarized tunneling current",
      "thin film",
      "parallel magnetic produces"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2012,
      "month": "Oct",
      "volume": 86,
      "number": 16,
      "pages": 165404
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2012PhRvB..86p5404P"
    }
  }
}