Communications Physics (Aug 2021)

Quantum spin mixing in Dirac materials

  • Ying-Jiun Chen,
  • Markus Hoffmann,
  • Bernd Zimmermann,
  • Gustav Bihlmayer,
  • Stefan Blügel,
  • Claus M. Schneider,
  • Christian Tusche

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00682-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Spintronic devices, where the spin of the electron becomes the main carrier of information, offer a promising avenue to develop quantum devices. The authors experimentally and theoretically investigate spin-polarization and spin-orbit mixing in a W(110) surface, and provide a mean to fine tune the quantum (de)coherence of materials by changing the spin polarization of a conduction electron in a spintronic device