New perspectives for rashba spin–orbit coupling

ABSTRACT In 1984, Bychkov and Rashba introduced a simple form of spin–orbit coupling to explain the peculiarities of electron spin resonance in two-dimensional semiconductors. Over the past

30 years, Rashba spin–orbit coupling has inspired a vast number of predictions, discoveries and innovative concepts far beyond semiconductors. The past decade has been particularly creative,

with the realizations of manipulating spin orientation by moving electrons in space, controlling electron trajectories using spin as a steering wheel, and the discovery of new topological

classes of materials. This progress has reinvigorated the interest of physicists and materials scientists in the development of inversion asymmetric structures, ranging from layered

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RASHBA-LIKE PHYSICS IN CONDENSED MATTER Article 24 August 2022 SYNTHETIC RASHBA SPIN–ORBIT SYSTEM USING A SILICON METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR Article 03 June 2021 FIRST-PRINCIPLES

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