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We study spin-orbit proximity effects in a hybrid heterostructure build of a one-dimensional (1D) armchair carbon nanotube and two-dimensional (2D) buckled monolayer bismuthene. We show, by performing first-principles calculations, that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-19 Marcin Kurpas

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

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

We explain how Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), or in a conventional $s$-wave superconductor, can lead to a large magnetoresistance even with one ferromagnet. However, such enhanced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-15 Chenghao Shen , Ranran Cai , Alex Matos-Abiague , Wei Han , Jong E. Han , Igor Zutic

Transition metal compounds with the $(t_{2g})^4$ electronic configuration are expected to be nonmagnetic atomic singlets both in the weakly interacting regime due to spin-orbit coupling, as well as in the Coulomb dominated regime with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-01-16 Christopher Svoboda , Mohit Randeria , Nandini Trivedi

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is an essential ingredient in topological materials, conventional and quantum-gas based alike.~Engineered spin-orbit coupling in ultracold atom systems --unique in their experimental control and measurement…

We study the effects of dipolar interactions on a Bose-Einstein condensate with synthetically generated Rashba spin-orbit coupling. The dipolar interaction we consider includes terms that couple spin and orbital angular momentum in a way…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-11-12 Ryan M. Wilson , Brandon M. Anderson , Charles W. Clark

The mechanism of spin-phonon coupling in high-T$_C$ copper oxides is explored from band calculations on La$_{(2-x)}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ and HgBa$_2$CuO$_4$ systems. The LMTO band calculations, based on the local density approximation, are made…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-25 T. Jarlborg

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) of light plays a fundamental photophysics that is important for various fields such as materials science, optics, and quantum technology, contributing to the elucidation of new physical phenomena and the…

KTaO$_3$ (KTO) is an incipient ferroelectric, characterized by a softening of the lowest transverse optical (TO) mode with decreasing temperature. Cooper pairing in the recently discovered KTO-based heterostructures has been proposed to be…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-29 Giulia Venditti , Francesco Macheda , Paolo Barone , José Lorenzana , Maria N. Gastiasoro

We establish a general Rashba Hamiltonian for trilayer graphene (TLG) by introducing an extrinsic layer-dependent Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) arising from the off-plane inversion symmetry breaking. Our results indicate that the band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-14 Xinjuan Cheng , Liangyao Xiao , Xuechao Zhai

We study the spin squeezing in a spin-1/2 Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) with Raman induced spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Under the condition of two-photon resonance and weak Raman coupling strength, the system possesses two degenerate ground…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-08-26 Li Chen , Yunbo Zhang , Han Pu

We study the interplay of both Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings (SOCs) and a uniform perpendicular magnetic field $\textbf{B}$ on the transport of a spin-polarized electron along a curved quantum wire. Eigenenergies and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-27 Carlos Baldo , Cristine Villagonzalo

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) induced magnetisation switching in CoFeB/Ta/CoFeB trilayer with two CoFeB layers exhibiting in-plane magnetic anisotropy (IPMA) and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) is investigated. Interlayer exchange…

The complex oxide heterostructures such as LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) interface are paradigmatic platforms to explore emerging multi-degrees of freedom coupling and the associated exotic phenomena. In this study, we reveal the effects of…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-11-10 Weilong Kong , Tong Yang , Jun Zhou , Yong Zheng Luo , Jingsheng Chen , Lei Shen , Yong Jiang , Yuan Ping Feng , Ming Yang

We demonstrate clear weak anti-localization (WAL) effect arising from induced Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in WS$_2$-covered single-layer and bilayer graphene devices. Contrary to the uncovered region of a shared single-layer graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-13 Bowen Yang , Min-Feng Tu , Jeongwoo Kim , Yong Wu , Hui Wang , Jason Alicea , Ruqian Wu , Marc Bockrath , Jing Shi

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in conjunction with broken inversion symmetry acts as a key ingredient for several intriguing quantum phenomena viz. persistent spin textures, topological surface states and Rashba-Dresselhaus (RD) effects. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-28 Preeti Bhumla , Deepika Gill , Sajjan Sheoran , Saswata Bhattacharya

We have investigated the electronic properties of elliptical quantum dots in a perpendicular external magnetic field, and in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction. Our work indicates that the Fock-Darwin spectra display strong…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Siranush Avetisyan , Pekka Pietiläinen , Tapash Chakraborty

Recently, proximity-induced spin-orbit coupling (SOC) has been observed in heterostructures consisting of monolayer graphene (ML-G) and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) such as WSe$_{2}$. Successful tuning of SOC in…

A hole injected into a Mott insulator will gain an internal structure as recently identified by exact numerics, which is characterized by a nontrivial quantum number whose nature is of central importance in understanding the Mott physics.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-03-08 Shuai A. Chen , Zheng-Yu Weng , Jan Zaanen