{
  "id": "1209.4415",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2012-09-20T04:01:51.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-11-27T17:15:33.000Z",
  "title": "Rashba Spin Orbit Interaction and Birefringent Electron Optics in Graphene",
  "authors": [
    "Mahmoud M. Asmar",
    "Sergio E. Ulloa"
  ],
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 87, 075420 (2013)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.87.075420",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "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-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.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2012-11-27T17:15:33.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "71.70.Ej",
      "42.25.Lc",
      "72.10.Fk",
      "75.76.+j"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "rashba spin orbit interaction",
      "birefringent electron optics",
      "electron optics exploits",
      "complex caustics patterns",
      "veselago electronic lens"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2013,
      "month": "Feb",
      "volume": 87,
      "number": 7,
      "pages": "075420"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2013PhRvB..87g5420A"
    }
  }
}