• 文献标题:   Rashba spin-orbit interaction and birefringent electron optics in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ASMAR MM, ULLOA SE
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ohio Univ
  • 被引频次:   33
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.87.075420
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Electron optics exploits the analogies between rays in geometrical optics and electron trajectories, leading to interesting insights and potential applications. Graphene, with its two dimensionality and photon-like behavior of its charge carriers, is the perfect candidate for the exploitation of electron optics. We show that a circular gate- or doping-controlled region in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction in graphene may indeed behave as a Veselago electronic lens but with two different indices of refraction. We demonstrate that this birefringence results in complex caustics patterns for a circular gate, selective focusing of different spins, and the possible direct measurement of the Rashba coupling strength in scanning-probe experiments.