• G. Poelchen
  • M. Güttler
  • E. E. Krasovskii
  • S. Schulz
  • A. Generalov
  • K. Kliemt
  • A. Kraiker
  • C. Krellner
  • K. Kummer
  • S. Danzenbächer
  • C. Laubschat
  • A. P. Weber
  • J. Sánchez-Barriga
  • E. V. Chulkov
  • A. F. Santander-Syro
  • T. Imai
  • K. Miyamoto
  • T. Okuda

Spin-orbit interaction and structure inversion asymmetry in combination with magnetic ordering is a promising route to novel materials with highly mobile spin-polarized carriers at the surface. Spin-resolved measurements of the photoemission current from the Si-terminated surface of the antiferromagnet TbRh2Si2 and their analysis within an ab initio one-step theory unveil an unusual triple winding of the electron spin along the fourfold-symmetric constant energy contours of the surface states. A two-band k·p model is presented that yields the triple winding as a cubic Rashba effect. The curious in-plane spin-momentum locking is remarkably robust and remains intact across a paramagnetic-antiferromagnetic transition in spite of spin-orbit interaction on Rh atoms being considerably weaker than the out-of-plane exchange field due to the Tb 4f moments.

Original languageEnglish
Article number237202
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume124
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Jun 2020

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