Electrical spin polarization through spin–momentum locking in topological-insulator nanostructures<xref rid="cpb_27_9_097307fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_9_097307fn1"><label>*</label><p>Project supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2014CB921103 and 2017YFA0206304), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61822403, 11874203, U1732159, and U1732273), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. 021014380080), and Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid-State Lighting and Energy-Saving Electronics, China.</p></fn>

Electrical spin polarization through spin–momentum locking in topological-insulator nanostructures**

Project supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2014CB921103 and 2017YFA0206304), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61822403, 11874203, U1732159, and U1732273), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. 021014380080), and Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid-State Lighting and Energy-Saving Electronics, China.

Zhang Minhao¹, Wang Xuefeng^{1, 3, †}, Song Fengqi^{2, 3}, Zhang Rong^{1, 3, ‡}

(color online) (a) Schematic of the spin valve transistors for detection of spin polarization in SSs. (b) and (c) Spin signals under currents of I_DC = +5 μA and I_DC = − 5 μA, respectively. The inset shows an atomic force microscopy (AFM) image of a spin valve device. The scale bar corresponds to 2.5 μm. This figure is reproduced from Ref. [66].