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Energy-saving spintronics are believed to be implementable on the systems hosting persistent spin helix (PSH) since they support an extraordinarily long spin lifetime of carriers. However, achieving the PSH requires a unidirectional spin…
The persistent spin helix (PSH) is robust against spin-independent scattering and renders an extremely long spin lifetime, which can improve the performance of potential spintronic devices. To achieve the PSH, a unidirectional spin…
A persistent spin helix (PSH) in spin-orbit-coupled two-dimensional electron systems was recently predicted to exist in two cases: [001] quantum wells (QWs) with equal coupling strengths of the Rashba and the Dresselhaus interactions (RD),…
A systematic investigation of the structural, electronic, and spin-orbital transport properties of the AgI (110) surface is presented using first-principles calculations combined with analytical modelling. The non-centrosymmetric and…
Persistent spin texture (PST), a property of solid-state materials maintaining unidirectional spin polarization in the momentum $k$-space, offers a route to deliver the necessary long carrier spin lifetimes through the persistent spin helix…
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effects occurring in noncentrosymmetric materials are known to be responsible for nontrivial spin configurations and a number of emergent physical phenomena such as electrical control of spin degrees of freedom and…
Persistent spin textures (PSTs) in solid-state materials arise from a unidirectional spin-orbit field in momentum space and offer a route to deliver long carrier spin lifetimes sought for future quantum microelectronic devices. Nonetheless,…
A persistent spin helix (PSH) is a robust helical spin-density pattern arising in disordered 2D electron gases with Rashba $\alpha$ and Dresselhaus $\beta$ spin-orbit (SO) tuned couplings, i.e., $\alpha=\pm\beta$. Here we investigate the…
The spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in zincblende semiconductor quantum wells can be set to a symmetry point, in which spin decay is strongly suppressed for a helical spin mode. Signatures of such a persistent spin helix (PSH) have been probed…
Finding a new class of materials supporting a long spin lifetime is essential in development of energy-saving spintronics, which is achievable by using a persistent spin helix (PSH) materials. However, for spintronic devices, the PSH states…
Unlike, momentum-dependent Rashba spin-splitting, materials exhibiting intrinsic momentum-independent unidirectional spin polarization also known as persistent spin texture (PST) in the full Brillouin zone are scarce. In this work, a list…
In this work we study the structural stability and electronic properties of the Beryllium sulphide nanowires (NWs) in both zinc blende (ZB) and wurtzite (WZ) phases with triangle and hexagonal cross section, using first principle…
An extensive theoretical investigation of the nonpolar (10$\bar{1}$0) and (11$\bar{2}$0) surfaces as well as the polar zinc terminated (0001)--Zn and oxygen terminated (000$\bar{1}$)--O surfaces of ZnO is presented. Particular attention is…
We report the observation of a persistent spin texture (PST) in pseudo-2D hybrid perovskite, characterized by significant spin splitting strength on the order of \(3 \, \text{eV} \cdot \text{\AA}\). Using first-principles density functional…
Spintronics in halide perovskites has drawn significant attention in recent years, due to highly tunable spin-orbit fields and intriguing interplay with lattice symmetry. Spin lifetime -- a key parameter that determines the applicability of…
Persistent spin textures are highly desirable for applications in spintronics as they may allow for long carrier spin lifetimes. However, they are also rare as only four point groups can host such textures, and even for these four groups,…
Device concepts in semiconductor spintronics make long spin lifetimes desirable, and the requirements put on spin control by schemes of quantum information processing are even more demanding. Unfortunately, due to spin-orbit coupling…
The accurate absolute surface energies of (0001)/(000-1) surfaces of wurtzite structures are crucial in determining the thin film growth mode of important energy materials. However, the surface energies still remain to be solved due to the…
Density-functional calculations are used to study various plausible structures of the wurtzite InN $(0001)$ and $(000{\bar 1})$ surfaces. These structures include the unreconstructed surfaces, surfaces with monolayers of In or N, several…
Persistent spin texture (PST) describes a unique spin-momentum locking in momentum space that maintains a uniform spin orientation through portions of the Brillouin zone (BZ), enabling exceptionally long spin lifetimes which are essential…