Emergent phenomena induced by spin–orbit coupling at surfaces and interfaces

A Soumyanarayanan, N Reyren, A Fert… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Spin–orbit coupling (SOC) describes the relativistic interaction between the spin and
momentum degrees of freedom of electrons, and is central to the rich phenomena observed …

Rashba-like physics in condensed matter

G Bihlmayer, P Noël, DV Vyalikh, EV Chulkov… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Spin–orbit coupling induces a unique form of Zeeman interaction in momentum space in
materials that lack inversion symmetry: the electron's spin is locked on an effective magnetic …

Scalable energy-efficient magnetoelectric spin–orbit logic

S Manipatruni, DE Nikonov, CC Lin, TA Gosavi, H Liu… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Since the early 1980s, most electronics have relied on the use of complementary metal–
oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) transistors. However, the principles of CMOS operation …

New perspectives for Rashba spin–orbit coupling

A Manchon, HC Koo, J Nitta, SM Frolov, RA Duine - Nature materials, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract In 1984, Bychkov and Rashba introduced a simple form of spin–orbit coupling to
explain the peculiarities of electron spin resonance in two-dimensional semiconductors …

Observation of topological superconductivity on the surface of an iron-based superconductor

P Zhang, K Yaji, T Hashimoto, Y Ota, T Kondo… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Topological superconductors are predicted to host exotic Majorana states that obey non-
Abelian statistics and can be used to implement a topological quantum computer. Most of …

Crossover of the three-dimensional topological insulator Bi2Se3 to the two-dimensional limit

Y Zhang, K He, CZ Chang, CL Song, LL Wang… - Nature Physics, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract A topological insulator,,,,,,,, is a new state of quantum matter that is characterized by
a finite energy gap in the bulk and gapless modes flowing along the boundaries that are …

Current-driven spin torque induced by the Rashba effect in a ferromagnetic metal layer

I Mihai Miron, G Gaudin, S Auffret, B Rodmacq… - Nature materials, 2010 - nature.com
Methods to manipulate the magnetization of ferromagnets by means of local electric fields,,
or current-induced spin transfer torque,, allow the design of integrated spintronic devices …

Spin-to-charge conversion using Rashba coupling at the interface between non-magnetic materials

JCR Sánchez, L Vila, G Desfonds, S Gambarelli… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
The Rashba effect is an interaction between the spin and the momentum of electrons
induced by the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in surface or interface states. Its potential for …

Calculating condensed matter properties using the KKR-Green's function method—recent developments and applications

H Ebert, D Koedderitzsch, J Minar - Reports on Progress in …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The modern version of the KKR (Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker) method represents the
electronic structure of a system directly and efficiently in terms of its single-particle Green's …

Giant Rashba-type spin splitting in bulk BiTeI

K Ishizaka, MS Bahramy, H Murakawa, M Sakano… - Nature materials, 2011 - nature.com
There has been increasing interest in phenomena emerging from relativistic electrons in a
solid, which have a potential impact on spintronics and magnetoelectrics. One example is …