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Toward a ferroelectric control of Rashba spin-orbit coupling: Bi onBaTiO3(001)from first principles
- Source :
- Physical Review B. 81
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society (APS), 2010.
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Abstract
- As demonstrated conceptually by first-principles calculations, the Rashba spin splitting in the $6p$ states of a Bi adlayer on ${\text{BaTiO}}_{3}(001)$ can be manipulated by the electric polarization in the ferroelectric substrate. Although this spin-electric effect is moderate, with a relative change in the splitting of about 5%, the absolute splitting of about $0.24\text{ }{\text{\AA{}}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ is unmatched. Further, the occupied $6p$ surface states display an anisotropic dispersion and deviate significantly from the free-electron model of the Rashba effect. Our findings may pave a route for spin-electronic devices.
Details
- ISSN :
- 1550235X and 10980121
- Volume :
- 81
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1b315fc306cbf61fe3b506a9cbd8dbdf