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Volume 134, Number 5, June 2021
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Article Number | 57001 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ac0c87 | |
Published online | 09 August 2021 |
Present and future trends in spin ARPES
Department of Physics, University of California - Berkeley, CA 94720, USA and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
(a) ALanzara@lbl.gov (corresponding author)
Received: 30 April 2021
Accepted: 18 June 2021
Spin-orbit (SO) coupling combined with space inversion symmetry breaking is at the origin of the lifting of the spin degeneracy in the band structure of many materials. The momentum-dependent energy splitting and the degree of spin polarization are indicative of the strength and symmetry of the SO interaction, and enter in the figure of merit of essentially all conceptual designs aiming to control the electron spin degree of freedom in solids. Here we briefly review the role played by spin-and-angle–resolved photoemission (spin ARPES or SARPES) in revealing the spin polarization specifically in the topological states of 3-dimensional (3D) topological insulators (TIs), and we discuss how the progress in the technique can assist the rise of several active fields like spintronics, spin-orbitronics or the generation of spin-polarized beams.
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