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Spin-Coherence Time as a Function of Layer Thickness

Aug. 28, 2018

In addition to larger structural distortion in 2D layered systems, there is a larger phonon coupling to carriers. These two effects can counterbalance each other to produce the longest live spin-coherence lifetime in a layered system where the layers contain 4 PbI62- octahedra.

Scientific Achievement

We found an interplay between Rashba splitting, which tends to lengthen the spin-coherence time, and lattice softening, which increases the phonon scattering and tends to decrease the spin-coherence lifetime. The longest room temperature spin-coherence lifetime is 7 ps for the n=4 2D perovskite based system.

Significance and Impact

2-dimensional (2D) lead-halide based perovskite layered systems are offer greater tunability and stability compared to their 3D counterparts making them candidates for high-performance optoelectronic applications. There is a growing interest in exploring the lead-halide perovskite family for optospintronics. The presence of lead and iodide induces a large spin-orbit coupling (SOC) which in the presence of structural inversion asymmetry lifts the spin-degeneracy of the conduction and valance bands. 2D perovskites break the symmetry of the 3D system, therefore, they can enhance the Rashba-effect and increase their potential for optospintronic applications.

Research Details

• Exfoliated single crystals of layered 2D systems (n=1,2,3,4) were studied using transient absorption spectroscopy
• THz spectroscopy measured the phonon modes as a function of layered thickness

DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01315