Giant Rashba effect at the topological surface of PrGe revealing antiferromagnetic spintronics

Abstract Rashba spin-orbit splitting in the magnetic materials opens up a new perspective in the field of spintronics. Here, we report a giant Rashba spin-orbit splitting on the PrGe [010] surface in the paramagnetic phase with Rashba coefficient α R  = 5 eVÅ. We find that α R can be tuned in this s...

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Main Authors: Soma Banik, Pranab Kumar Das, Azzedine Bendounan, Ivana Vobornik, A. Arya, Nathan Beaulieu, Jun Fujii, A. Thamizhavel, P. U. Sastry, A. K. Sinha, D. M. Phase, S. K. Deb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02401-z