Spin–orbit coupling in 2D semiconductors: A theoretical perspective

J Chen, K Wu, W Hu, J Yang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This theoretical Perspective reviews spin–orbit coupling (SOC), including the Rashba effect
and Dresselhaus effect, in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. We first introduce the …

Swapping exchange and spin-orbit induced correlated phases in proximitized Bernal bilayer graphene

Y Zhumagulov, D Kochan, J Fabian - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Ex-so-tic van der Waals heterostructures take advantage of electrically tunable layer
polarization to swap proximity exchange and spin-orbit coupling in the electronically active …

Emergent correlated phases in rhombohedral trilayer graphene induced by proximity spin-orbit and exchange coupling

Y Zhumagulov, D Kochan, J Fabian - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The impact of proximity-induced spin-orbit and exchange coupling on the correlated phase
diagram of rhombohedral trilayer graphene (RTG) is investigated theoretically. By employing …

Spontaneous valley spirals in magnetically encapsulated twisted bilayer graphene

TMR Wolf, O Zilberberg, G Blatter, JL Lado - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Van der Waals heterostructures provide a rich platform for emergent physics due to their
tunable hybridization of layers, orbitals, and spin. Here, we find that twisted bilayer graphene …

Resonant transport in Kekulé-distorted graphene nanoribbons

E Andrade, R Carrillo-Bastos, PA Pantaleón… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The formation of a superlattice in graphene can serve as a way to modify its electronic band
structure and thus to engineer its electronic transport properties. Recent experiments have …

Swapping exchange and spin-orbit induced correlated phases in ex-so-tic van der Waals heterostructures

Y Zhumagulov, D Kochan, J Fabian - arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.16025, 2023 - arxiv.org
Ex-so-tic van der Waals heterostructures take advantage of the electrically tunable layer
polarization to swap proximity exchange and spin-orbit coupling in the electronically active …

Non-Trivial Band Topology Criteria for Magneto-Spin–Orbit Graphene

AV Eryzhenkov, AV Tarasov, AM Shikin, AG Rybkin - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
Band structure and topology of magneto-spin–orbit graphene is investigated using the
proposed tight-binding model that incorporates both Rashba and sublattice-resolved …

Layered opposite Rashba spin-orbit coupling in bilayer graphene: Loss of spin chirality, symmetry breaking, and topological transition

X Zhai - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Inversion symmetry in bilayer graphene allows for layered opposite Rashba spin-orbit
coupling (LO-RSOC)—the situation when the RSOC has the same magnitude but the …

Magnetoelectric torque and edge currents in spin-orbit coupled graphene nanoribbons

MSM de Sousa, M Sigrist, W Chen - Physical Review Research, 2021 - APS
For graphene nanoribbons with Rashba spin-orbit coupling, the peculiar magnetic response
due to the presence of a magnetization and geometric confinement are analyzed within a …

Rashba spin splitting based on trilayer graphene systems

X Cheng, L Xiao, X Zhai - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We establish a general Rashba Hamiltonian for trilayer graphene (TLG) by introducing an
extrinsic layer-dependent Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) arising from the off-plane …