Ferroelectric Controlled Spin Texture in Two-Dimensional NbOI2 Monolayer

Abstract

The persistent spin helix (PSH) system is considered to have promising applications in energy-conservation spintronics because it supports an extraordinarily long spin lifetime of carriers. Here, we predict that the existence of PSH state in two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectric NbOI₂ monolayers. Our first-principles calculation results show that there exists Dresselhaus-type spin-orbit coupling (SOC) band splitting near the conduction-band minimum (CBM) of the NbOI₂ monolayer. It is revealed that the spin splitting near CBM merely refers to out-of-plane spin configuration in the wave vector space, which gives rise to a long-lived PSH state that can be controlled by reversible ferroelectric polarization. We believe that the coupling characteristics of ferroelectric polarization and spin texture in NbOI₂ provide a platform for the realization of fully electric controlled spintronic devices.