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Observation of correlated spin-orbit order in a strongly anisotropic quantum wire system

Brand, C.
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Pfnuer, H.
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Landolt, G.
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2015
Nature Communications

Quantum wires with spin-orbit coupling provide a unique opportunity to simultaneously control the coupling strength and the screened Coulomb interactions where new exotic phases of matter can be explored. Here we report on the observation of an exotic spin-orbit density wave in Pb-atomic wires on Si(557) surfaces by mapping out the evolution of the modulated spin-texture at various conditions with spin-and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. The results are independently quantified by surface transport measurements. The spin polarization, coherence length, spin dephasing rate and the associated quasiparticle gap decrease simultaneously as the screened Coulomb interaction decreases with increasing excess coverage, providing a new mechanism for generating and manipulating a spin-orbit entanglement effect via electronic interaction. Despite clear evidence of spontaneous spin-rotation symmetry breaking and modulation of spin-momentum structure as a function of excess coverage, the average spin polarization over the Brillouin zone vanishes, indicating that time-reversal symmetry is intact as theoretically predicted.

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DOI
10.1038/ncomms9118
Web of Science ID

WOS:000362949100006

Author(s)
Brand, C.
Pfnuer, H.
Landolt, G.
Muff, S.  
Dil, J. H.  
Das, Tanmoy
Tegenkamp, Christoph
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Published in
Nature Communications
Volume

6

Article Number

8118

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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SCI-SB-HD  
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December 2, 2015
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/121266
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