TY - BOOK ID - 4865208 TI - Spin-Orbit-Induced Spin Textures of Unoccupied Surface States on Tl/Si(111) PY - 2015 SN - 9783319187624 3319187619 9783319187617 3319187627 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Physics. KW - Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films. KW - Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films. KW - Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics. KW - Semiconductors. KW - Surfaces (Physics). KW - Physique KW - Surfaces (Physique) KW - Physics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Electricity & Magnetism KW - Atomic Physics KW - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical. KW - Nuclear spin. KW - Spin, Nuclear KW - Chemistry, Theoretical KW - Physical chemistry KW - Theoretical chemistry KW - Interfaces (Physical sciences). KW - Thin films. KW - Quantum computers. KW - Spintronics. KW - Materials KW - Surfaces. KW - Chemistry KW - Angular momentum (Nuclear physics) KW - Nuclear physics KW - Surface chemistry KW - Surfaces (Technology) KW - Materials—Surfaces. KW - Crystalline semiconductors KW - Semi-conductors KW - Semiconducting materials KW - Semiconductor devices KW - Crystals KW - Electrical engineering KW - Electronics KW - Solid state electronics KW - Fluxtronics KW - Magnetoelectronics KW - Spin electronics KW - Spinelectronics KW - Microelectronics KW - Nanotechnology KW - Computers KW - Films, Thin KW - Solid film KW - Solids KW - Coatings KW - Thick films KW - Surfaces (Physics) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4865208 AB - This thesis describes the construction of a rotatable spin-polarized electron source and its use in spin- and angle-resolved inverse photoemission to investigate the unoccupied electron states of Tl/Si(111)-(1x1) with special emphasis on their spin texture. Towards more efficient electronics - with the electron spin as information carrier: This motto is the motivation for numerous studies in solid state physics that deal with electron states whose spin degeneracy is lifted by spin-orbit interaction. This thesis addresses the spin-orbit-induced spin textures in momentum space in the surface electronic structure of a prototypical Rashba-type hybrid system: heavy metal thallium on semiconducting silicon. For Tl/Si(111)-(1x1), the thallium adlayer provides surface states with strong spin-orbit interaction and peculiar spin-orbit-induced spin textures: spin rotations and spin chirality in momentum space for unoccupied surface states with giant spin splittings. Almost completely out-of-plane spin-polarized valleys in the vicinity of the Fermi level are identified. As the valley polarization is oppositely oriented at specific points in momentum space, backscattering should be strongly suppressed in this system. ER -