Tuning independently the Fermi energy and spin splitting in Rashba systems: Ternary surface alloys on Ag(111)

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 22, Issue 38, 2010, Pages

  Mirhosseini, H ^a   Ernst, A ^a   Ostanin, S ^a   Henk, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS;

ATOMIC SPIN; BAND FILLINGS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; RASHBA SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING; SPIN SPLITTINGS; SPIN-ORBIT SPLITTINGS; SURFACE ALLOYS;

FERMI LEVEL;

EID: 77957193698     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/38/385501     Document Type: Article

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