Electron transport under an ultrafast laser pulse: Implication for spin transport

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.13246v1
• Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 03:03:01 GMT
• Title: Electron transport under an ultrafast laser pulse: Implication for spin transport
• Authors: Robert Meadows, Y. Xue, Nicholas Allbritton and G. P. Zhang
• Abstract summary: We show the magnetic field bf B steers the electron moving along the light propagation direction, while its strong transverse motion leads to local excitation. Laser pulse can drive the electron along the axial direction by 20 to 262 $rm AA$, consistent with the experiments.
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• Abstract: Laser-driven electron transport across a sample has garnered enormous attentions over several decades, because it potentially allows one to control spin transports in spintronics. But light is a transverse electromagnetic wave, how an electron acquires a longitudinal velocity has been very puzzling. In this paper, we show a general mechanism is working. It is the magnetic field {\bf B} that steers the electron moving along the light propagation direction, while its strong transverse motion leads to local excitation. We employ the formalism put forth by Varga and Toroke to show that if we only include {\bf E}, the electron only moves transversely with a large velocity. Including both {\bf B} and {\bf E} and using real experimental laser parameters, we are able to demonstrate that a laser pulse can drive the electron along the axial direction by 20 to 262 $\rm \AA$, consistent with the experiments. The key insight is that {\bf B} changes the direction of the electron and allows the electron to move along the Poynting vector of light. Our finding has an important consequence. Because a nonzero {\bf B} means a spatially dependent vector potential ${\bf A} (\br,t)$, ${\bf B}=\nabla \times {\bf A}(\br,t)$, this points out that the Coulomb gauge, that is, replacing ${\bf A}(\br,t)$ by a spatial independent ${\bf A}(t)$, is unable to describe electron and spin transport under laser excitation. Our finding is expected to have a potential impact on the ongoing investigation of laser-driven spin transport.

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