Spin-orbit coupling in a graphene bilayer and in graphite

Details Spin-orbit coupling in a graphene bilayer and in graphite Spin-orbit coupling in a graphene bilayer and in graphite

2010-03-08

arxiv.org/abs/1003.1618v1

New Journal of Physics, vol. 12, 083063 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/12/8/083063

The intrinsic spin-orbit interactions in bilayer graphene and in graphite are studied, using a tight binding model, and an intraatomic LS coupling. The spin-orbit interactions in bilayer graphene and graphite are larger, by about one order of magnitude, than the interactions in single layer graphene, due to the mixing of pi and sigma bands by interlayer hopping. Their value is in the range 0.1 - 1K. The spin-orbit coupling opens a gap in bilayer graphene, and it also gives rise to two edge modes. The spin-orbit couplings are largest, 1-4K, in orthorhombic graphite, which does not have a center of inversion.

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