Rashba spin splitting in symmetric structures

Autor: Tenev, Tihomir G.
Rok vydání: 2013
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: It is widely believed that Rasba spin splitting occurs only in systems lacking space inversion invariance. In this letter we present analytical analysis which suggests that non-zero Rashba spin splitting occurs in systems possessing space inversion invariance. We present numerical simulations which confirm that non-zero Rashba spin splitting occurs in symmetric structures but this splitting is several orders of magnitude smaller than the Rashba spin splitting due to broken space inversion invariance.
Comment: The paper has been withdrawn by the author as it did not pass peer review
Databáze: arXiv