Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Image Potential States

Silvia Tognolini; S. Achilli; Simona Achilli; L. Longetti; E. Fava; C. Mariani; M. I. Trioni; Stefania Pagliara

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.046801

Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Image Potential States

Silvia Tognolini, S. Achilli, Simona Achilli, L. Longetti, E. Fava, C. Mariani, M. I. Trioni, Stefania Pagliara

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Abstract

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 = 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	046801-046805
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	115
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.046801
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

INTERFACES
IRON-PHTHALOCYANINE
MAGNETISM
SURFACES

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Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Image Potential States

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