Optimal spin-charge interconversion in graphene through spin-pseudospin entanglement control

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Main Authors: Dueñas, Joaquín Medina, de Castro, Santiago Giménez, Garcia, Jose H., Roche, Stephan
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Published: 2025
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author Dueñas, Joaquín Medina
de Castro, Santiago Giménez
Garcia, Jose H.
Roche, Stephan
author_facet Dueñas, Joaquín Medina
de Castro, Santiago Giménez
Garcia, Jose H.
Roche, Stephan
contents The electrical generation of spin signals is of central interest for spintronics, where graphene stands as a relevant platform as its spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is tuned by proximity effects. Here, we propose an enhancement of spin-charge interconversion in graphene by controlling the intraparticle entanglement between the spin and pseudospin degrees of freedom. We demonstrate that, although the spin alone is not conserved in Rashba-Dirac systems, a combined spin-pseudospin operator is conserved. This conserved quantity represents the interconversion between pure spin and pseudospin textures to a spin-pseudospin entangled structure, where Kane-Mele SOC tunes this balance. By these means, we achieve spin-charge interconversion of 100\% efficiency via the Rashba-Edelstein effect. Quantum transport simulations in disordered micron-size systems demonstrate the robustness of this effect, and also reveal a disorder resilient spin Hall effect generated by the interplay between Rashba and Kane-Mele SOC. Our findings propose a platform for maximally efficient spin-charge interconversion, and establish spin-pseudospin correlations as a mechanism to tailor spintronic devices.
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spellingShingle Optimal spin-charge interconversion in graphene through spin-pseudospin entanglement control
Dueñas, Joaquín Medina
de Castro, Santiago Giménez
Garcia, Jose H.
Roche, Stephan
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Computational Physics
The electrical generation of spin signals is of central interest for spintronics, where graphene stands as a relevant platform as its spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is tuned by proximity effects. Here, we propose an enhancement of spin-charge interconversion in graphene by controlling the intraparticle entanglement between the spin and pseudospin degrees of freedom. We demonstrate that, although the spin alone is not conserved in Rashba-Dirac systems, a combined spin-pseudospin operator is conserved. This conserved quantity represents the interconversion between pure spin and pseudospin textures to a spin-pseudospin entangled structure, where Kane-Mele SOC tunes this balance. By these means, we achieve spin-charge interconversion of 100\% efficiency via the Rashba-Edelstein effect. Quantum transport simulations in disordered micron-size systems demonstrate the robustness of this effect, and also reveal a disorder resilient spin Hall effect generated by the interplay between Rashba and Kane-Mele SOC. Our findings propose a platform for maximally efficient spin-charge interconversion, and establish spin-pseudospin correlations as a mechanism to tailor spintronic devices.
title Optimal spin-charge interconversion in graphene through spin-pseudospin entanglement control
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21240