Interface-based tuning of Rashba spin-orbit interaction in asymmetric oxide heterostructures with 3d electrons

• Main Authors: Lin, Weinan, Li, Lei, Doğan, Fatih, Li, Changjian, Rotella, Hélène, Yu, Xiaojiang, Zhang, Bangmin, Li, Yangyang, Lew, Wen Siang, Wang, Shijie, Prellier, Wilfrid, Pennycook, Stephen J., Chen, Jingsheng, Zhong, Zhicheng, Manchon, Aurelien, Wu, Tom
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Electronic Properties and Materials; Spintronics; Science::Physics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107507; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49719
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Rashba effect plays important roles in emerging quantum materials physics and potential spintronic applications, entailing both the spin orbit interaction (SOI) and broken inversion symmetry. In this work, we devise asymmetric oxide heterostructures of LaAlO3//SrTiO3/LaAlO3 (LAO//STO/LAO) to stu...