Intrinsic instability of electronic interfaces with strong Rashba coupling

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Caprara, S ^a,b   Peronaci, F ^a   Grilli, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC BAND-STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC INTERFACE; INHOMOGENEOUS PHASIS; INTRINSIC INSTABILITY; INTRINSIC MECHANISMS; OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES; RASHBA COUPLING; RASHBA SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; SRTIO;

ELECTRON GAS; PHASE SEPARATION; STRONTIUM TITANATES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 84869062773     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.196401     Document Type: Article

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