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Epitaxial graphene/ferromagnetic metal (Gr/FM) heterostructures deposited onto heavy metals (HM) have been proposed for the realization of novel spintronic devices because of their perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and sizeable…

Tunable synthetic spin-orbit coupling (s-SOC) is one of the key challenges in various quantum systems, such as ultracold atomic gases, topological superconductors, and semiconductor quantum dots. Here we experimentally demonstrate…

Based on the fundamental interplay between spatial wavefronts and polarization degrees of freedom, spin-orbit interactions (SOI) of light constitute a novel tool for optical control at the nanoscale. While well described in simple…

Optics · Physics 2022-05-25 Federico Carlini , Nicolas Cherroret

We use $\vec{k}\cdot\vec{p}$ theory to estimate the Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in large semiconductor nanowires. We specifically investigate GaAs- and InSb-based devices with different gate configurations to control symmetry and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 Paweł Wójcik , Andrea Bertoni , Guido Goldoni

Shuttling spin qubits in systems with large spin-orbit interaction (SOI) can cause errors during motion. However, in this work, we demonstrate that SOI can be harnessed to implement an arbitrary high-fidelity two-qubit (2Q) gate. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-13 D. Fernández-Fernández , Y. Matsumoto , L. M. K. Vandersypen , G. Platero , S. Bosco

We present the first findings of the spin transistor effect in the Rashba gate-controlled ring embedded in the p-type self-assembled silicon quantum well that is prepared on the n-type Si (100) surface. The coherence and phase sensitivity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 N. T. Bagraev , N. G. Galkin , W. Gehlhoff , L. E. Klyachkin , A. M. Malyarenko , I. A. Shelykh

Electron transport through multi-terminal rectangular arrays of quantum rings is studied in the presence of Rashba-type spin-orbit interaction (SOI) and of a perpendicular magnetic field. Using the analytic expressions for the transmission…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Orsolya Kalman , Peter Foldi , Mihaly G. Benedict , Francois M. Peeters

We explore the bound electron pairs (BEPs) arising due to the pair spin-orbit interaction (PSOI) in two-dimensional structures with a gate that can allow the BEPs to be manipulated. The gate breaks the in-plane reflection symmetry of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-02-12 Yasha Gindikin , Vitalina Vigdorchik , Vladimir A. Sablikov

We consider electronic transport through semiconducting nanowires (W) with spin-orbit interaction (SOI), in a hybrid N-W-N setup where the wire is contacted by normal-metal leads (N). We investigate the conductance behavior of the system as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-16 Diego Rainis , Daniel Loss

We report the control of Rashba spin-orbit interaction by tuning asymmetric hybridization between Ti-orbitals at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface. This asymmetric orbital hybridization is modulated by introducing a LaFeO3 layer between LaAlO3…

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

A Datta-Das spin field effect transistor is built of a one-dimensional weak link, with Rashba spin orbit interactions (SOI), which connects two magnetized reservoirs. The particle and spin currents between the two reservoirs are calculated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-28 A. Aharony , O. Entin-Wohlman , K. Sarkar , R. I. Shekhter , M. Jonson

The ability to manipulate electron spins with voltage-dependent electric fields is key to the operation of quantum spintronics devices, such as spin-based semiconductor qubits. A natural approach to electrical spin control exploits the…

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a fundamental interaction in solids which can induce a broad spectrum of unusual physical properties from topologically non-trivial insulating states to unconventional pairing in superconductors. In iron-based…

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in noncentrosymmetric materials is the source of incommensurate magnetic structures. In semiconductors, it drives the Rashba spin splitting and spin momentum locking, while in magnetic insulators based on…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-08 Ryo Makuta , Chisa Hotta

An analytical approach to calculation of the conductivity tensor, $\sigma$, of a two-dimensional (2D) electron system with Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in an orthogonal magnetic field is proposed. The electron momentum relaxation is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. G. Novokshonov , A. G. Groshev

Semiconductor nanowires featuring strong spin-orbit interactions (SOI), represent a promising platform for a broad range of novel technologies, such as spintronic applications or topological quantum computation. However, experimental…

Symmetry-breaking has been known to play a key role in noncentrosymmetric superconductors with strong spin-orbit-interaction (SOI). The studies, however, have been so far mainly focused on a particular type of SOI, known as Rashba SOI,…

Electrical control of structural and physical properties is a long-sought, but elusive goal of contemporary science and technology. We demonstrate that a combination of strong spin-orbit interactions (SOI) and a canted antiferromagnetic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-01-08 G. Cao , J. Terzic , H. D. Zhao , H. Zheng , L. E. De Long , Peter S. Riseborough

We theoretically investigate the magnetization inside a normal metal containing the Rashba spin-orbit interaction (RSOI) induced by the proximity effect in an s-wave superconductor/normal metal/ferromagnetic metal/s-wave superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-06-26 Shin-ichi Hikino