{
  "id": "1705.08224",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2017-05-23T13:06:02.000Z",
  "updated": "2017-05-23T13:06:02.000Z",
  "title": "Valley Edelstein Effect in Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides",
  "authors": [
    "Katsuhisa Taguchi",
    "Yuki Kawaguchi",
    "Yukio Tanaka",
    "Kam Tuen Law"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 5 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (MTMDs) exhibit spin-orbit coupling (SOC) called Ising SOC which polarizes electron spins to opposite out-of-plane directions for electrons in opposite valleys. We predict the emergence of the valley Edelstein Effect (VEE), which is an electric-field-induced spin polarization effect, in the MTMDs. We found an unconventional valley-dependent response in which the spin-polarization is parallel to the applied electric field and the spin-polarization is opposite at opposite valleys due to the Ising SOC. This is in sharp contrast to usual Edelstein effect in which the induced spin-polarization is perpendicular to the applied electric field. We attribute the VEE to the valley Hall effect and Ising SOC. Experimental schemes to detect the VEE are also considered.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2017-05-23T13:06:02.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides",
      "valley edelstein effect",
      "applied electric field",
      "ising soc",
      "opposite valleys"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}