Rashba type spin splitting and spin interference of the cu1 1 1 surface state at room temperature. General solution of the dirac equation for quasitwo. New perspectives for rashba spinorbit coupling request pdf. Stone, radiation and opticsmcgraw hill book company, inc new york san. The energy spectrum of such a system is exactly calculated using special unitary operator and is shown to depend on the electron spin polarization. In this approach the spin polarization can be detected potentiometrically with the use of a ferromagnetic contact to the currentcarrying. We see that, under certain conditions, the spin splitting vanishes to first order in k, which effectively suppresses the dp spin. Conductance of a large point contact with rashba effect springerlink. In the context of quantum wires and nanostructures, in general, such a symmetrylowering perturbation is provided by the everpresent spinorbital so coupling. New perspectives for rashba spinorbit coupling nature.
Electron lifetimes in a 2d electrongas with rashba socoupling. The work has been translated into english, and i expect the majority of the readers will want to read the translation, not the original. New perspectives for rashba spinorbit coupling korea. Oscillatory effects and the magnetic susceptibility of. We apply the dyakonovperel dp formalism to 111grown zincblende quantum wells qws to compute the spin lifetimes of electrons in the twodimensional electron gas. Bychkov is twofold spin splitting of the band spectrum of twodimensional charge carriers, electrons and holes, in asymmetric heterostructures, and manifestation of it in two independent experiments. Add your email address to receive free newsletters from scirp. In 1984 bychkov and rashba 36, 37 pointed out the analogies between the klinear spin splitting in bulk wurtzite and spin splitting in quasi2d. This is a strong evidence of a zerofield spin splitting that is induced by the rashba effect. A catalog record for this book is available from the library of congress. Full text of threedimensional bulk band dispersion in. Symmetry induced peculiar rashba effect on thallium.
The rashba effect, also called bychkov rashba effect, is a momentumdependent splitting of spin bands in bulk crystals and lowdimensional condensed matter systems such as heterostructures and surface states similar to the splitting of particles and antiparticles in the dirac hamiltonian. Giant rashba splitting in 2d organicinorganic halide. I use bibtex, the standard bibliography style alpha. Over the past 30 years, rashba spinorbit coupling has inspired a vast number of predictions, discoveries and innovative concepts far beyond semiconductors. Oscillatory effects and the magnetic susceptibility of carriers in. In 1984 bychkov and rashba 36, 37 pointed out the analogies between the k linear spin splitting in bulk wurtzite and spin splitting in quasi2d. Black hole spinflip an overview sciencedirect topics.
The rashba effect, also called bychkovrashba effect, is a momentum dependent splitting of. These boundary conditions are used to derive corresponding boundary conditions. If bychkov rashba spinorbit coupling is present, it tends to induce weak antilocalization in both monolayers and bilayersas in semiconductors and metalsbut, if intrinsic spinorbit coupling prevails, it results in a suppression of weak localization. Over the past thirty years, similar ideas have been leading to a vast number of predictions, discoveries, and innovative concepts far beyond semiconductors. Rashba, correlation functions of a twodimensional gas with rational density, and a geometrical interpretation of the laughlin. Spin currents in a two dimensional electron gas with rashba type spin orbit coupling are derived from a spin connection. The rashba effect is the spin energy level splitting due to broken inversion symmetry and spinorbit coupling, and the controllability of rashba splitting is crucial to spin manipulation. The rashba effect, also called bychkovrashba effect, is a momentumdependent splitting of. Twodimensional 2d layered hybrid organicinorganic halide perovskite semiconductors form natural multiple quantum wells that have strong spinorbit coupling due to the heavy elements in their building blocks. Printed in great britain oscillatory effects and the magnetic susceptibility of carriers in inversion layers yu a bychkov and e i rashba l d landau institute for theoretical physics, academy of sciences of the ussr, moscow. In 1984, bychkov and rashba introduced a simple form of spinorbit coupling to explain certain peculiarities in the electron spin resonance of twodimensional semiconductors. A qualitative illustration of the orthogonal cherenkov sound in a twodimensional electron gas with bychkov rashba and dresselhaus spinorbit interactions.
Rashba effect in the 2d system binghamton university. The spininterference effect in a gatecontrolled mesoscopic aharonovbohm ring structure is investigated in the presence of rashba spinorbit interaction. Dephasing measurements in ingaasalinas heterostructures. The properties of a 2d electron gas in which the twofold spin degeneracy of the spectrum has been lifted by a perturbation h so a5xkv are analyzed. Full text of large bychkovrashba spinorbit coupling in. Part of the springer proceedings in physics book series spphy, volume 159. This may lead to rashba splitting close to the extrema in the electron bands. The general solution of the dirac equation for quasitwodimensional electrons confined in an asymmetric quantum well, is found. New perspectives for rashba spinorbit coupling nasaads. Manifestations of spinorbit and zeeman interactions.
We have used a plethora of ultrafast transient, nonlinear optical. Rashba, year 1984 oscillatory effects in a strong magnetic field b and magnetic susceptibility are investigated, as applied. The result can be induction of a nonequilibrium spin polarization if the 2d electron gas is carrying a current vorobev et al. Spin currents in the rashba model in the presence of non.
Rashba field k b r n current induces steady rashba field m y b b y r 2. Rashba department of physics, harvard university, cambridge, massachusetts 028, usa. We study electron spin relaxation in onedimensional structures of finite length in the presence of bychkov rashba spinorbit coupling and boundary spin relaxation. A 10 relativistic effects in solids forschungszentrum julich. In 1984, bychkov and rashba introduced a simple form of spinorbit coupling to explain the peculiarities of electron spin resonance in twodimensional semiconductors. The coefficient a is found from experimental data reported recently by stein et al. The geometric symmetry of the surface plays an important role for the spinorbitinduced spin texture of twodimensional electronic states. Tunable rashba spin splitting in janus transitionmetal. Using a spin kinetic equation approach, we formulate boundary conditions for the case of a partial spin polarization loss at the boundaries. Solid state 17 6039 and was published as part of a series of viewpoints celebrating 50 of the most in. This effect is named in honour of emmanuel rashba, who discovered it with valentin i. Rashba born october 30, 1927, kiev is a sovietamerican theoretical physicist of jewish origin who worked in ukraine, russia and in the united states. Rashbatype spin splitting and spin interference of the cu. Rashba, properties of a 2d electron gas with lifted spectral degeneracy jetp lett.
Rashba, korrelyatsionnye funktsii dvumernogo gaza s ratsionalnoi plotnostyu i geometricheskii smysl laflinovskikh operatorov kvazichastits, zhetf, 90 1, 346351 1986 yu. Both the rashba and dresselhaus effects are concepts of the physh physics subject headlines scheme. For 2degs grown along the 001 direction 0, the dresselhaus hamiltonian and rashba hamiltonian are reduced to. Rashba is known for his contributions to different areas of condensed matter physics and spintronics, especially the rashba effect in spin physics, and also for the prediction of electric dipole spin resonance. This viewpoint relates to an article by bychkov and rashba 1984 j. We account for both bulk and structural inversion asymmetry rashba effects.