Authors:	Merte, Maximilian Freimuth, Frank Adamantopoulos, Theodoros Go, Dongwook Saunderson, Thomas Gauntlett Kläui, Mathias Plucinski, L. Gomonay, Olena Blügel, Stefan Mokrousov, Yuriy
Title:	Photocurrents of charge and spin in monolayer Fe3GeTe2
Online publication date:	17-Mar-2022
Year of first publication:	2021
Language:	english
Abstract:	In the realm of two-dimensional materials, magnetic and transport properties of a unique representative Fe3GeTe2 attract ever increasing attention. Here, we use a developed first-principles method for calculating laser-induced response to study the emergence of photoinduced currents of charge and spin in single-layer Fe3GeTe2, which are of second order in the electric field. We provide a symmetry analysis of the emergent photocurrents in the system, finding it to be in excellent agreement with ab initio calculations. We analyze the magnitude and behavior of the charge photocurrents with respect to disorder strength, frequency, and band filling. Remarkably, not only do we find a large charge current response, but also predict that Fe3GeTe2 can serve as a source of significant laser-induced spin currents, which makes this material as a promising platform for various applications in optospintronics.
DDC:	530 Physik 530 Physics
Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department:	FB 08 Physik, Mathematik u. Informatik
Place:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6815
Version:	Published version
Publication type:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Document type specification:	Scientific article
License:	In Copyright
Information on rights of use:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Journal:	Physical Review : B 104 22
Pages or article number:	L220405
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Publisher place:	Ridge, NY
Issue date:	2021
ISSN:	2469-9969
Publisher DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevB.104.L220405
Appears in collections:	JGU-Publikationen