Published April 25, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Rashba splitting of 100 meV in Au-intercalated graphene on SiC

  • 1. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Elektronenspeicherring BESSY II, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489 Berlin (Germany)
  • 2. Institut für Physik, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Reichenhainer Strasse 70, 09126 Chemnitz (Germany)

Description

Intercalation of Au can produce giant Rashba-type spin-orbit splittings in graphene, but this has not yet been achieved on a semiconductor substrate. For graphene/SiC(0001), Au intercalation yields two phases with different doping. We observe a 100 meV Rashba-type spin-orbit splitting at 0.9 eV binding energy in the case of p-type graphene after Au intercalation. We show that this giant splitting is due to hybridization and much more limited in energy and momentum space than for Au-intercalated graphene on Ni.

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
108
Journal Issue
17
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48036191
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BINDING ENERGY; CLATHRATES; GRAPHENE; MEV RANGE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON CARBIDES; SPIN; SUBSTRATES
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CARBIDES; CARBON; CARBON COMPOUNDS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY; ENERGY RANGE; MATERIALS; NONMETALS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SILICON COMPOUNDS

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