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We use the $\mathbf{k} \cdot \mathbf{p}$ theory and the envelope function approach to evaluate the Rashba spin-orbit coupling induced in a semiconductor nanowire by a magnetic field at different orientations, taking explicitely into account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 P. Wójcik , A. Bertoni , G. Goldoni

There is steadily increasing evidence that the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formed at the interface of some insulating oxides like LaAlO3/SrTiO3 and LaTiO3/SrTiO3 is strongly inhomogeneous. The inhomogeneous distribution of electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-21 N. Bovenzi , S. Caprara , M. Grilli , R. Raimondi , N. Scopigno , G. Seibold

Over the recent years, crossroads of magnetism and superconductivity led to the emerging field of superconducting spintronics. A cornerstone of this venture is the generation of equal-spin triplet Cooper pairs in superconductor-ferromagnet…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-22 Pablo Tuero , César González-Ruano , Igor Žutić , Yuan Lu , Coriolan Tiusan , Farkhad G. Aliev

Measuring the magnetoresistance (MR) of ultraclean {\it GaAs} two-dimensional holes in a large $r_s$ range of 20-50, two striking behaviors in relation to the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) emerge in response to strong electron-electron…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-06-02 Jian Huang , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West

We investigate the effective Lande factor in semiconductor nanowires with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Using the $\mathbf{k}\cdot\mathbf{p}$ theory and the envelope function approach we derive a conduction band Hamiltonian where the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 J. Czarnecki , A. Bertoni , G. Goldoni , P. Wójcik

We theoretically investigate spin dependent transport in altermagnet/triplet superconductor/altermagnet (AM/TSC/AM) junctions in the presence of interfacial Rashba spin orbit coupling (RSOC). Within a microscopic Bogoliubov de Gennes…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-25 Saumen Acharjee , Aklanta Dihingia , Nayanav Sonowal , Abyoy Anan Kashyap

We study the effect of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling on the Fermi arcs of topological Dirac semimetals. The Rashba coupling is induced by breaking the inversion symmetry at the surface. Remarkably, this coupling could be enhanced by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-12 Yuriko Baba , Francisco Domínguez-Adame , Gloria Platero , Rafael A. Molina

The magnetic Gilbert damping and spin-orbital to charge interconversion phenomenon play vital role in controlling the modern spintronics device performances. Though the ferromagnets (FMs) and heavy metals (HMs) are considered to be the key…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-05 Antarjami Sahoo , Swayang Priya Mahanta , Subhankar Bedanta

The spin-orbit interaction affects the electronic structure of solids in various ways. Topological insulators are one example where the spin-orbit interaction leads the bulk bands to have a non-trivial topology, observable as gapless…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-02-15 M. S. Bahramy , B. -J. Yang , R. Arita , N. Nagaosa

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is one of the crucial factors that affect the chiral symmetry of matter by causing the spatial symmetry breaking of the system. We find that Raman-induced SOC can induce a chiral supersolid phase with a helical…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-10-07 Xianghua Su , Xiping Fu , Yang He , Ying Shang , Kaiyuan Ji , Linghua Wen

We demonstrate that the flow of a longitudinal spin current with different spin polarization will induce different patterns of charge accumulation in a two-terminal strip, or electric current distribution in a four-terminal Hall-bar…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jian Li , Shun-Qing Shen

We show that spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in InSe enables the optical transition across the principal band gap to couple with in-plane polarized light. This transition, enabled by $p_{x,y}\leftrightarrow p_z$ hybridization due to intra-atomic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-21 S. J. Magorrian , V. Zólyomi , V. I. Fal'ko

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…

The aim of presented research is to design a nanodevice based on a gate-defined quantum dot within a MoS$_2$ monolayer in which we confine a single electron. By applying control voltages to the device gates we modulate the confinement…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-18 J. Pawłowski

We report a Rashba spin splitting of a two-dimensional electron gas in the topological insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$ from angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We further demonstrate its electrostatic control, and show that spin splittings…

We study ballistic transport of spin-polarized electrons through quantum wires in which the strength of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) is spatially modulated. Subband mixing, due to SOI, between the two lowest subbands is taken…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 X. F. Wang

We have studied the spin orbit torque (SOT) in Pt/Co/Ir multilayers with 3 repeats of the unit structure. As the system exhibits oscillatory interlayer exchange coupling (IEC) with varying Ir layer thickness, we compare the SOT of films…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-19 Yuto Ishikuro , Masashi Kawaguchi , Tomohiro Taniguchi , Masamitsu Hayashi

In situ control of spin-orbit coupling in coherent transport using a clean GaAs/AlGaAs 2DEG is realized, leading to a gate-tunable crossover from weak localization to antilocalization. The necessary theory of 2D magnetotransport in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. B. Miller , D. M. Zumbuhl , C. M. Marcus , Y. B. Lyanda-Geller , D. Goldhaber-Gordon , K. Campman , A. C. Gossard

Spintronics is aimed at active controlling and manipulating the spin degrees of freedom in semiconductor devices. A promising way to achieve this goal is to make use of the tunable Rashba effect that relies on the spin-orbit interaction…

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is pivotal for various fundamental spin-dependent phenomena in solids and their technological applications. In semiconductors, these phenomena have been so far studied in relatively weak electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 D. Maryenko , M. Kawamura , A. Ernst , V. K. Dugaev , E. Ya. Sherman , M. Kriener , M. S. Bahramy , Y. Kozuka , M. Kawasaki