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Analytical theory and possible detection of the ac quantum spin Hall effect
W Y Deng1,2, Y J Ren1, Z X Lin1
1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China.
Abstract:
We develop an analytical theory of the low-frequency ac quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect based upon the scattering matrix formalism. It is shown that the ac QSH effect can be interpreted as a bulk quantum pumping effect. When the electron spin is conserved, the integer-quantized ac spin Hall conductivity can be linked to the winding numbers of the reflection matrices in the electrodes, which also equal to the bulk spin Chern numbers of the QSH material. Furthermore, a possible experimental scheme by using ferromagnetic metals as electrodes is proposed to detect the topological ac spin current by electrical means.
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