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We report on the influence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in the Fe-based superconductors (FeSCs) via application of circularly-polarized spin and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We combine this technique in representative members…

We propose a novel model for including spin-orbit interactions in buckled two dimensional systems. Our results show that in such systems, intrinsic spin-orbit coupling leads to a formation of Dirac cones, similar to Rashba model. We explore…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-04 Aleksandr S. Rodin , Paul Z. Hanakata , Alexandra Carvalho , Harold S. Park , David K. Campbell , Antonio H. Castro Neto

The induced-proximity effects of nearly commensurate lattice structure of a graphene layer on Ni(111) and Co(0001) substrates in the AC stacking configuration are addressed through an analytical tight-binding approach within the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 Mayra Peralta , Ernesto Medina , Francisco Mireles

Graphene is a material with great potential in the field of spintronics, combining good conductivity with low spin--orbit coupling (SOC), which allows for the transport of spin currents over long distances. However, this lack of SOC also…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-19 Eoin Dolan , Zhendong Chi , Haozhe Yang , Luis E. Hueso , Fèlix Casanova

The effect of the Rashba spin orbit coupling (RSOC) on the topological properties of the one-dimensional (1D) extended $s$-wave superconducting Hamiltonian, in the presence of strong electron-electron correlation, is investigated. It is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-06-13 Kaushal Kumar Kesharpu , Evgenii A. Kochetov , Alvaro Ferraz

Two dimensional electron systems at oxide interfaces are often influenced by a Rashba type spin- orbit coupling (SOC), which is tunable by a transverse electric field. Ferromagnetism at the interface can simultaneously induce strong local…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-08-23 Florian Loder , Arno P. Kampf , Thilo Kopp

One of the most important physical effects in condensed matter physics is the Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC), introduced in seminal works by Emmanuel Rashba. In this article, we discuss, describe, and review (providing critical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-24 Sankar Das Sarma , Katharina Laubscher , Haining Pan , Jay D. Sau , Tudor D. Stanescu

Even though graphene is a low energy system consisting of the two dimensional honeycomb lattice of carbon atoms, its quasi-particle excitations are fully described by the 2+1 dimensional relativistic Dirac equation. In this paper we show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yugui Yao , Fei Ye , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang , Zhong Fang

We calculate the efficiency of infrared optical spin injection in single-layer graphene with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and for in-plane magnetic field. The injection rate in the photon frequency range corresponding to the Rashba splitting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Inglot , V. K. Dugaev , E. Ya. Sherman , J. Barnaś

We consider theoretically the influence of crystalline fields on the electronic structure of graphene placed on a layered material with reduced symmetry and large spin-orbit coupling (SOC). We use a perturbative procedure combined with the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-10 Tarik P. Cysne , Aires Ferreira , Tatiana G. Rappoport

Strong spin-orbit coupling can have a profound effect on the electronic structure in a metal or semiconductor, particularly for low electron concentrations. We show how, for small values of the Fermi energy compared to the spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Cappelluti , C. Grimaldi , F. Marsiglio

Graphene is known to have small intrinsic spin-orbit Interaction (SOI). In this review, we demonstrate that SOIs in graphene can be strongly enhanced by proximity effect when graphene is deposited on the top of transition metal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-16 Taro Wakamura , Sophie Guéron , Hélène Bouchiat

In this study, the Optical conductivity of substitutionary doped graphene is investigated in presence of the Rashba spin orbit coupling (RSOC). Calculations have been performed within the coherent potential approximation (CPA) beyond the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 S. S. Sadeghi , A. Phirouznia , V. Fallahi

Proximity-induced spin-orbit coupling in graphene has led to the observation of intriguing phenomena like time-reversal invariant $\mathbb{Z}_2$ topological phase and spin-orbital filtering effects. An understanding of the effect of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-18 Priya Tiwari , Mohit Kumar Jat , Adithi Udupa , Deepa S. Narang , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Diptiman Sen , Aveek Bid

Electron states localized at a magnetic domain wall in a graphene caplayer with Rashba spin-orbit interaction and coupled to a magnetic overlayer are studied theoretically. It is shown that two one-dimensional bands of edge modes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 M. Inglot , V. K. Dugaev , A. Dyrdał , J. Barnaś

The control of the spin degree of freedom is at the heart of spintronics, which can potentially be achieved by spin-orbit coupling or band topological effects. In this paper, we explore another potential controlled mechanism under debate:…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-11-12 J. A. Sánchez-Monroy , Carlos Mera Acosta

The search for one-dimensional electron systems with a giant Rashba-type spin splitting is of importance for the application of spin transport. Here we report, based on a first-principles density-functional-theory calculation, that Bi…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-11 Hyun-Jung Kim , Jun-Hyung Cho

We study the role of periodically driven time-dependent Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC) on a monolayer graphene sample. After recasting the originally $4\times 4$ system of dynamical equations as two time-reversal related two-level…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-29 A. López , Z. Z. Sun , J. Schliemann

Strong electron correlation and spin-orbit coupling (SOC) provide two non-trivial threads to condensed matter physics. When these two strands of physics come together, a plethora of quantum phenomena with novel topological order have been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-26 Jiang-Xiazi Lin , Ya-Hui Zhang , Erin Morissette , Zhi Wang , Song Liu , Daniel Rhodes , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , James Hone , J. I. A. Li

Depositing monolayer graphene on a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductor substrate has been shown to change the dynamics of the electronic states in graphene, inducing spin orbit coupling (SOC) and staggered potential effects.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 Abdulrhman M. Alsharari , Mahmoud M. Asmar , Sergio E. Ulloa