Cubic Rashba Effect in the Surface Spin Structure of Rare-Earth Ternary Materials
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Beitragende
Abstract
Spin-orbit interaction and structure inversion asymmetry in combination with magnetic ordering is a promising route to novel materials with highly mobile spin-polarized carriers at the surface. Spin-resolved measurements of the photoemission current from the Si-terminated surface of the antiferromagnet TbRh2Si2 and their analysis within an ab initio one-step theory unveil an unusual triple winding of the electron spin along the fourfold-symmetric constant energy contours of the surface states. A two-band k.p model is presented that yields the triple winding as a cubic Rashba effect. The curious in-plane spinmomentum locking is remarkably robust and remains intact across a paramagnetic-antiferromagnetic transition in spite of spin-orbit interaction on Rh atoms being considerably weaker than the out-of-plane exchange field due to the Tb 4f moments.
Details
| Originalsprache | Englisch |
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| Aufsatznummer | 124 |
| Seitenumfang | 6 |
| Fachzeitschrift | Physical review letters |
| Jahrgang | 124 |
| Ausgabenummer | 23 |
| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 12 Juni 2020 |
| Peer-Review-Status | Ja |
Externe IDs
| PubMed | 32603174 |
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| Scopus | 85087182031 |