Rashba spin-orbit interaction enhanced by graphene in-plane deformations

• Published in: Condensed Matter Physics
• Date: 2017
• Main Authors: Berche, B., Mireles, F., Medina, E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2017
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/156964
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Rashba spin-orbit interaction enhanced by graphene in-plane deformations / B. Berche, F. Mireles, E. Medina // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2017. — Т. 20, № 1. — С. 13702: 1–10
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Graphene consists in a single-layer carbon crystal where 2pz electrons display a linear dispersion relation in
 the vicinity of the Fermi level, conveniently described by a massless Dirac equation in 2+1 spacetime. Spin-orbit
 effects open a gap in the band structure and offer perspe...