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The Rashba superconductor, in which spin-splitting bands become superconducting, is fascinating as a novel superconducting system in low dimensional systems. Here, we present the results of $\textit{in-situ}$ transport measurements on a…

The Rashba spin-orbit coupling effect, primarily arising from structural-inversion asymmetry in periodic crystals, has garnered considerable attention due to its tunability and potential applications in spintronics. Its capability to…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-24 Arjyama Bordoloi , A. C. Garcia-Castro , Zachary Romestan , Aldo H. Romero , Sobhit Singh

The Rashba effect leads to a chiral precession of the spins of moving electrons while the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) generates preference towards a chiral profile of local spins. We predict that the exchange interaction between…

Motivated by recent spin- and angular-resolved photoemission (SARPES) measurements performed on the two-dimensional electronic states confined near the (001) surface of SrTiO$_3$ in the presence of oxygen vacancies, we explore their spin…

We show that the Rashba effect at the polar perovskite surfaces and interfaces can be tuned by manipulating the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) by an applied electric field, using it to draw the 2DEG out to the surface or push it deeper…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-21 K. V. Shanavas , S. Satpathy

The Rashba interaction induced when inversion symmetry is broken in solids is a key interaction connecting spin and charge for realizing novel magnetoelectric cross-correlation effects. Here, we theoretically explore the optical properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-15 Junya Shibata , Akihito Takeuchi , Hiroshi Kohno , Gen Tatara

The z axis magnetization of a two dimensional electron gas with contact repulsive interaction and in presence of a Rashba potential is computed by means of quantum field theory at second order. A striking effect of the pure Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-21 Alberto Ambrosetti , Pier Luigi Silvestrelli , Flavio Toigo

The transverse Rashba effect is proposed and investigated by the first-principle calculations based on density functional theory in a quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet with a strong perpendicular magnetocrystalline anisotropy, which is…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-04-06 Weifeng Xie , Yu Song , Xu Zuo

We study the dependence of the spin splitting on the number $N$ of atomic layers, using first-principles calculation for Au(111) surface. When the slab of the atomic layers is sufficiently thick, the lower split state has a minimum away…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-28 Taichi Kosugi , Takashi Miyake , Shoji Ishibashi

One of the exciting features of two-dimensional (2D) materials is their electronic and optical tunability through strain engineering. Previously, we found a class of 2D ferroelectric Rashba semiconductors PbX (X = S, Se, Te) with tunable…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-06-29 Paul Z. Hanakata , A. S. Rodin , Harold S. Park , David K. Campbell , A. H. Castro Neto

In this work we have investigated the effect of Rashba splitting on the RKKY interaction in TI thin film both at finite and zero chemical potential. We find that the spin susceptibility of Rashba materials including TI thin film is strongly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-14 Mahroo Shiranzaei , Fariborz Parhizgar , Hosein Cheraghchi

Here, we report on angle-resolved photoemission studies of the electronic $\pi$ states of high-quality epitaxial graphene layer on a Ni(111) surface. In this system electron binding energy of the $\pi$ states shows a strong dependence on…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-10-08 Yu. S. Dedkov , M. Fonin , U. Rüdiger , C. Laubschat

Spin currents which allow for a dissipationless transport of information can be generated by electric fields in semiconductor heterostructures in the presence of a Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling. The largest Rashba effects occur for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-07 A. Varykhalov , D. Marchenko , M. R. Scholz , E. Rienks , T. K. Kim , O. Rader

Graphene consists in a single-layer carbon crystal where 2$p_z$ electrons display a linear dispersion relation in the vicinity of the Fermi level, conveniently described by a massless Dirac equation in $2+1$ spacetime. Spin-orbit effects…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-04 B. Berche , F. Mireles , E. Medina

The Rashba effect as an electrically tunable spin-orbit interaction is the base for a multitude of possible applications such as spin filters, spin transistors, and quantum computing using Majorana states in nanowires. Moreover, this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-13 Jan Raphael Bindel , Mike Pezzotta , Jascha Ulrich , Marcus Liebmann , Eugene Sherman , Markus Morgenstern

Relating magnetotransport properties to specific spin textures at surfaces or interfaces is an intense field of research nowadays. Here, we investigate the variation of the electrical resistance of Ge(111) grown epitaxially on…

In the present article, we explore the electron properties of magnetic semiconductors with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling taking into account the presence of domain walls at the sample surface. We consider antiphase domain walls…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-08-23 I. P. Rusinov , V. N. Men'shov , E. V. Chulkov

Strong spin-orbit coupling in noncentrosymmetric materials and interfaces results in remarkable physical phenomena, such as nontrivial spin textures, which may exhibit Rashba, Dresselhaus, and other intricated configurations. This provides…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-15 Thorsten Aull , Igor V. Maznichenko , Sergey Ostanin , Ersoy Şaşıoğlu , Ingrid Mertig

Spin polarized two-dimensional electronic states have been previously observed on metallic surface alloys with giant Rashba splitting and on the surface of topological insulators. We study the surface band structure of these systems, in a…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-12-07 Emmanouil Frantzeskakis , Marco Grioni

Fully-relativistic first-principles calculations of the Fe(001) surface demonstrate that resonant surface (interface) states may produce sizeable tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions with a single magnetic…