Improved effective equation for the Rashba spin-orbit coupling in semiconductor nanowires

Semiconductor Rashba nanowires are quasi-one-dimensional systems that have large spin-orbit (SO) coupling arising from a broken inversion symmetry due to an external electric field. There exist parametrized multiband models that can describe accurately this effect. However, simplified single band mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samuel D. Escribano, Alfredo Levy Yeyati, Elsa Prada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-08-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033264