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Electric Control of the Giant Rashba Effect in Bulk GeTe

Domenico Di Sante, Paolo Barone, R. Bertacco, Silvia Picozzi

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Relativistic effects, including the Rashba effect, are increasingly seen as key ingredients in spintronics. A link between Rashba physics and the field of ferroelectrics is established by predicting giant Rashba spin-splitting in bulk GeTe (see the Figure showing the band-structure as well as in-plane and out- of-plane spin polarization for a constant energy cut).

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Key concepts: Spintronics, Rashba effect, Condensed matter physics, Materials science, Electric field, Spin (aerodynamics), Trigonal crystal system, Spin polarization