The search in two-dimensional condensed matter systems of Rashba-type spin-polarized electronic states is aimed by the possibility to control and manipulate the spin orientation. In this Letter, for the first time, we report on the experimental evidence of a Rashba-type spin splitting in the n ¼ 1 image potential state. The image potential state Rashba splitting here measured at the graphene/Ir(111) interface, as confirmed by theoretical considerations, can be detectable to any metal surface with a significant spin-orbit coupling.
Rashba spin-orbit coupling in image potential states / Tognolini, S.; Achilli, S.; Longetti, L.; Fava, E.; Mariani, Carlo; Trioni, M. . i.; Pagliara, S.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 115:4(2015), pp. 046801-1-046801-5. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.046801]
Rashba spin-orbit coupling in image potential states
MARIANI, CARLO;
2015
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The search in two-dimensional condensed matter systems of Rashba-type spin-polarized electronic states is aimed by the possibility to control and manipulate the spin orientation. In this Letter, for the first time, we report on the experimental evidence of a Rashba-type spin splitting in the n ¼ 1 image potential state. The image potential state Rashba splitting here measured at the graphene/Ir(111) interface, as confirmed by theoretical considerations, can be detectable to any metal surface with a significant spin-orbit coupling.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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