Nature Communications (May 2016)

Spin–valley locking in the normal state of a transition-metal dichalcogenide superconductor

  • L. Bawden,
  • S. P. Cooil,
  • F. Mazzola,
  • J. M. Riley,
  • L. J. Collins-McIntyre,
  • V. Sunko,
  • K. W. B. Hunvik,
  • M. Leandersson,
  • C. M. Polley,
  • T. Balasubramanian,
  • T. K. Kim,
  • M. Hoesch,
  • J. W. Wells,
  • G. Balakrishnan,
  • M. S. Bahramy,
  • P. D. C. King

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11711
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The origin of intertwined electronic orders in transition-metal dichalcogenides has long been debated. Here, Bawden et al. report that the normal state, from which these phases emerge, is unexpectedly spin-polarized, with spins locked to both valley and layer pseudospins.