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The Rashba spin-orbit coupling in carbon nanotubes and its effect on spin-dependent transport properties are analyzed theoretically. We focus on clean non-interacting nanotubes with tunable number of subbands $N$. The peculiar band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. De Martino , R. Egger

We report on the quantum interference and spin accumulation on double quantum dots with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and electron-electron interaction, based on the Keldysh nonequilibrium Green function formalism. It is shown that Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kuo-Wei Chen , Ching-Ray Chang

We examine the bound-state and free-state contributions to the density of states in a three-dimensional electron gas with a two-dimensional interface with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Confinement of electrons to the interface is achieved…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 A. C. Zulkoskey , R. Dick , K. Tanaka

We propose a model of three-dimensional topological insulators consisting of weakly coupled electron- and hole-gas layers with Rashba spin-orbit interaction stacked along a given axis. We show that in the presence of strong…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Yanick Volpez , Daniel Loss , Jelena Klinovaja

Spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in low-dimensional systems, namely Rashba systems and the edge states of topological materials, is extensively studied in this decade as a promising source to realize various fascinating spintronic phenomena,…

We investigate the two-dimensional (2D) highly spin-polarized electron accumulation layers commonly appearing near the surface of n-type polar semiconductors BiTeX (X = I, Br, and Cl) by angular-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Due to…

We demonstrate theoretically all-electric control of the superconducting transition temperature using a device comprised of a conventional superconductor, a ferromagnetic insulator, and semiconducting layers with intrinsic spin-orbit…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-25 Jabir Ali Ouassou , Angelo Di Bernardo , Jason W. A. Robinson , Jacob Linder

We investigate the effects of Rashba spin-orbit interactions on the electronic band-structure and corresponding wave-functions of graphene. By exactly solving a tight-binding model Hamiltonian we obtain the expected splitting of the bands…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-05-08 Mahdi Zarea , Nancy Sandler

Although multilayer systems possess global inversion symmetry, some of the layers lack local inversion symmetry because no global inversion centers are present on such layers. Such locally non-centrosymmetric systems exhibit spatially…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-19 Daisuke Maruyama , Manfred Sigrist , Youichi Yanase

We show that the Rashba effect at the polar perovskite surfaces and interfaces can be tuned by manipulating the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) by an applied electric field, using it to draw the 2DEG out to the surface or push it deeper…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-21 K. V. Shanavas , S. Satpathy

We investigate spin relaxation dynamics of interlayer excitons in a MoSe2/MoS2 heterostructure induced by the Rashba effect. In such a system, Rashba interactions arise from an out-of-plane electric field due to photo-generated interlayer…

Engineering and enhancing inversion symmetry breaking in solids is a major goal in condensed matter physics and materials science, as a route to advancing new physics and applications ranging from improved ferroelectrics for memory devices…

We derive an effective continuum model for describing the propagation of electrons in ballistic one-dimensional curved nanostructure which are marked by a strong interplay of spin-orbital degrees of freedom due to local electronic states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-19 G. Francica , P. Gentile , M. Cuoco

We study the spin-dependent electronic transport through a one-dimensional ballistic quantum wire in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction. In particular, we consider the effect of the spin-orbit interaction resulting from the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. E. Birkholz , V. Meden

The emergent induction of spiral magnets that was proposed [Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 58, 120909 (2019)] and recently demonstrated [Nature 586, 232 (2020)] is shown to be further extended by a comprehensive treatment of the Rashba spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-05 Jun'ichi Ieda , Yuta Yamane

Spin-orbit interaction is usefully classified as extrinsic or intrinsic depending on its origin: the potential due to random impurities (extrinsic), or the crystalline potential associated with the band or device structure (intrinsic). In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-19 R. Raimondi , P. Schwab , C. Gorini , G. Vignale

Spin-orbit coupling in solids describes an interaction between an electron's spin, an internal quantum-mechanical degree of freedom, with its linear momentum, an external property. Spin-orbit interaction, due to its relativistic nature, is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-07 J. Shabani , Younghyun Kim , A. P. McFadden , R. M. Lutchyn , C. Nayak , C. J. palmstrøm

Spin-charge interconversion is a very active direction in spintronics. Yet, the complex behaviour of some of the most promising systems such as SrTiO$_3$ (STO) interfaces is not fully understood. Here, on the basis of a 6-band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-11 D. Q. To , T. H. Dang , L. Vila , J. P. Attané , M. Bibes , H. Jaffrès

We investigate pairing states realized at the (001) interface of a spin-triplet superconductor Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ on the basis of microscopic calculations. Because of a Rashba-type spin-orbit interaction induced at the interface, strong…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 Yasuhiro Tada , Norio Kawakami , Satoshi Fujimoto

The z axis magnetization of a two dimensional electron gas with contact repulsive interaction and in presence of a Rashba potential is computed by means of quantum field theory at second order. A striking effect of the pure Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-21 Alberto Ambrosetti , Pier Luigi Silvestrelli , Flavio Toigo