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Second-order charge and spin transport in LaO/STO system in the presence of multiple Rashba spin orbit couplings

Zhuo Bin Siu [email protected] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Republic of Singapore    Anirban Kundu [email protected] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Republic of Singapore Department of Physics, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel    Mansoor B.A. Jalil [email protected] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Republic of Singapore
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Supplementary Figure 1: (a), (b) The second-order charge current perpendicular to the electric field δJy(2)\delta J^{(2)}_{y} at α=0.05\alpha=0.05 meVÅand ϕm=0\phi_{\mathrm{m}}=0 as a function of β3\beta_{3} and η3\eta_{3} obtained using the (a) SLA and (b) RTA, and (c) their differences.

Fig. 1 shows a comparison between the second-order charge current flowing perpendicular to the applied electric field calculated using the Schliemann-Loss and relaxation-time approximation approaches, in which the relaxation time was taken as the mean value of τμ\tau^{\parallel}_{\mu} over the Fermi surfaces of both bands. The RTA produces qualitatively similar results to the Schliemann-Loss approach but underestimates the magnitudes of the second-order response.

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Supplementary Figure 2: The (a, c, e) first-order responses for the (a) spin accumulation perpendicular to the magnetization direction δS(1)\delta S^{(1)}_{\perp}, (b) spin current with spin polarization parallel to the magnetization direction flowing parallel to the applied electric field δJx(1)\delta J^{(1)}_{x\parallel}, (c) and spin current parallel to the magnetization direction flowing perpendicular to the applied electric field δJy(1)\delta J^{(1)}_{y\parallel}, and (b, d, f) the corresponding second-order responses as functions of the magnetization direction ϕm\phi_{\mathrm{m}} and the β3\beta_{3} SOC parameter for α=5meV\alpha=5\ \mathrm{meV}Åand η3=1meV\eta_{3}=1\ \mathrm{meV}Å.

Fig. 2 shows the first- and second-order responses for the spin accumulations perpendicular to the magnetization direction and the spin currents with spin polarizations parallel to the magnetization directions flowing parallel and perpendicular to the applied electric field. The results at ϕm=0,π\phi_{\mathrm{m}}=0,\pi and at ϕm=±pi/2\phi_{\mathrm{m}}=\pm pi/2 are consistent with Tables I and II in the main manuscript, respectively. Interestingly, a finite second-order spin accumulation perpendicular to the magnetization directions at intermediate magnetization angles between the ±x\pm x and ±y\pm y directions emerges in Fig. 2b.

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Supplementary Figure 3: The second-order responses for the charge current perpendicular to the applied electric field δJy(2)\delta J^{(2)}_{y} as functions of (a), (b) α\alpha and η3\eta_{3} at (a) β3=2\beta_{3}=-2 eVÅ3 and (b) β3=2\beta_{3}=2 eVÅ3, and as functions of (c), (d) α\alpha and β3\beta_{3} at (c) η3=1\eta_{3}=-1 eVÅ3 and (d) η3=1\eta_{3}=1 eVÅ3. The black dotted line in each plot denotes the locus of the points where δJy(2)=0\delta J^{(2)}_{y}=0.

Fig. 3 shows the variation of δJy(2)\delta J^{(2)}_{y} with α\alpha, β3\beta_{3}, and η3\eta_{3}. For the parameter ranges in this studyt, α3\alpha_{3} does not have a substantial effect on the sign of δJy(2)\delta J^{(2)}_{y}, as indicated by the fact that the dotted black lines denoting the points where δJy(2)=0\delta J^{(2)}_{y}=0 are almost vertical. Fig. 3a and b show that the sign of δJy(2)\delta J^{(2)}_{y} can be switched by varying η3\eta_{3}, and Fig. 3c and d show that the sign of δJy(2)\delta J^{(2)}_{y} can be switched by varying β3\beta_{3}.

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