Hierarchical spin-orbital polarisation of a giant Rashba system

Lewis Bawden; Jonathon Mark Riley; C. H. Kim; R. Sankar; E.J. Monkman; D.E. Shai; H.I. Wei; E. Lochocki; J.W. Wells; W. Meevasana; T.K. Kim; M. Hoesch; Y. Ohtsubo; P. Le Fevre; C.J. Fennie; K.M. Shen; F.C. Chou; Phil King

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Hierarchical spin-orbital polarisation of a giant Rashba system

Lewis Bawden, Jonathon Mark Riley, C. H. Kim, R. Sankar, E.J. Monkman, D.E. Shai, H.I. Wei, E. Lochocki, J.W. Wells, W. Meevasana, T.K. Kim, M. Hoesch, Y. Ohtsubo, P. Le Fevre, C.J. Fennie, K.M. Shen, F.C. Chou, Phil King

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Abstract

The Rashba effect is one of the most striking manifestations of spin-orbit coupling in solids and provides a cornerstone for the burgeoning field of semiconductor spintronics. It is typically assumed to manifest as a
momentum-dependent splitting of a single initially spin-degenerate band into two branches with opposite spin polarization. Combining polarization-dependent and resonant angle-resolved photoemission measurements
with density functional theory calculations, we show that the two “spin-split” branches of the model giant Rashba system BiTeI additionally develop disparate orbital textures, each of which is coupled to a distinct spin configuration. This necessitates a reinterpretation of spin splitting in Rashba-like systems and opens new possibilities for controlling spin polarization through the orbital sector.

Original language	English
Article number	e1500495
Journal	Science Advances
Volume	1
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500495
Publication status	Published - 25 Sept 2015

Keywords

Spintronics
Rashba
BiTel
Spin-orbit coupling
Angle-resolved photoemission
Electronic structure
Orbital texture

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Bawden, L., Riley, J. M., Kim, C. H., Sankar, R., Monkman, E. J., Shai, D. E., Wei, H. I., Lochocki, E., Wells, J. W., Meevasana, W., Kim, T. K., Hoesch, M., Ohtsubo, Y., Le Fevre, P., Fennie, C. J., Shen, K. M., Chou, F. C., & King, P. (2015). Hierarchical spin-orbital polarisation of a giant Rashba system. Science Advances, 1(8), Article e1500495. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500495

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Hierarchical spin-orbital polarisation of a giant Rashba system

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