Spin injection stands out as a crucial method employed for initializing, manipulating, and measuring the spin states of electrons, which are fundamental to the creation of qubits in quantum computing. However, ensuring efficient spin injection while maintaining compatibility with standard semiconductor processing techniques is a significant challenge. Herein, we demonstrate the capability of inducing an ultrafast spin injection into a WSe2 layer from a magnetic CrI3 layer on a femtosecond time scale, achieved through real-time time-dependent density functional theory calculations upon a laser pulse. Following the peak of the magnetic moment in the CrI3 sublayer, the magnetic moment of the WSe2 layer reaches a maximum of 0.89 μB (per unit cell containing 4 WSe2 and 1 CrI3 units). During the spin dynamics, spin-polarized excited electrons transfer from the WSe2 layer to the CrI3 layer via type-II band alignment. The large spin splitting in conduction bands and the difference in the number of spin-polarized local unoccupied states available in the CrI3 layer lead to a net spin in the WSe2 layer. Furthermore, we confirmed that the number of available states, the spin-flip process, and the laser pulse parameters play important roles during the spin injection process. This work highlights the dynamic and rapid nature of spin manipulation in layered all-semiconductor systems, offering significant implications for the development and enhancement of quantum information processing technologies.

Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry Faculty of Science Charles University Prague Prague 12843 Czech Republic

Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry TU Dresden Dresden 01069 Germany

Key Laboratory of Quantum Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education School of Physics Southeast University Nanjing 211189 People's Republic of China

Suzhou Laboratory Suzhou 215004 People's Republic of China

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