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Rashba spin splitting in symmetric structures

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2014-06-13 v2

Abstract

It is widely believed that Rasba spin splitting occurs only in systems lacking space inversion invariance. In this letter we present analytical analysis which suggests that non-zero Rashba spin splitting occurs in systems possessing space inversion invariance. We present numerical simulations which confirm that non-zero Rashba spin splitting occurs in symmetric structures but this splitting is several orders of magnitude smaller than the Rashba spin splitting due to broken space inversion invariance.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1311.2487,
  title  = {Rashba spin splitting in symmetric structures},
  author = {Tihomir G. Tenev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.2487},
  year   = {2014}
}

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The paper has been withdrawn by the author as it did not pass peer review

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