Enhanced Rashba spin-orbit splitting in BiAg (111) and PbAg (111) surface alloys from first principles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Bihlmayer, G ^a   Blugel S ^a   Chulkov, E V ^b,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 34347366293     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.195414     Document Type: Article

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