In-plane Hall effect in two-dimensional helical electron systems

Abstract

We study Berry curvature driven and Zeeman magnetic field dependent electric current responses of two-dimensional electron system with spin-orbit coupling. A nondissipative component of the electric current occurring in the applied in-plane magnetic field is described. This component is transverse to the electric field, odd in the magnetic field, and depends only on one particular direction of the magnetic field defined by the spin-orbit coupling. We show that the effect can be observed in a number of systems with C3v symmetry.