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Radial Rashba spin-orbit fields in commensurate twisted transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers
Naimer, Thomas
, Faria Junior, Paulo E.
, Zollner, Klaus
und Fabian, Jaroslav
(2026)
Radial Rashba spin-orbit fields in commensurate twisted transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers.
Physical Review B 113, 045417.
Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 19 Jan 2026 05:34
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.78468
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In commensurate twisted homobilayers, purely radial Rashba spin-orbit fields can emerge. We employ first-principles calculations to investigate the band structures and the spin-orbit fields close to the high-symmetry points K and Γ of several commensurate twisted transition-metal dichalcogenide homobilayers: WSe₂, NbSe₂, and WTe₂. The observed in-plane spin textures are mostly radial, and the ...
In commensurate twisted homobilayers, purely radial Rashba spin-orbit fields can emerge. We employ first-principles calculations to investigate the band structures and the spin-orbit fields close to the high-symmetry points K and Γ of several commensurate twisted transition-metal dichalcogenide homobilayers: WSe₂, NbSe₂, and WTe₂. The observed in-plane spin textures are mostly radial, and the main features are successfully reproduced using a model Hamiltonian based on two effective-mass models, including spin-orbit coupling, and a general (spin-conserving) interlayer coupling. Extracting the model Hamiltonian parameters through fitting of several twisted supercells, we find a twist angle dependency of the magnitude of the radial Rashba field, which is symmetric not only around the untwisted cases (Θ = 0° and Θ = 60°), but also around Θ = 30°. Furthermore, we observe that the interlayer coupling between the K (or K′ ) points of the two layers decreases with the increase of the size of the commensurate supercells. Hence, peaks of high interlayer coupling can occur only for twist angles, where small commensurate supercells are possible. Exploring different lateral displacements between the layers, we confirm that the relevant symmetry protecting the radial Rashba is an in-plane 180° rotation axis. We additionally investigate the effects of atomic relaxation and modulation of the interlayer distance. Our calculations on WTe₂ bilayers show that their lack of C₃ symmetry results in spin textures that are neither radial nor tangential. Our results offer fundamental microscopic insights that are particularly relevant to engineering spin-charge conversion schemes based on twisted layered materials.
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| Dokumentenart | Artikel | ||||
| Titel eines Journals oder einer Zeitschrift | Physical Review B | ||||
| Verlag: | American Physical Society (APS) | ||||
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| Band: | 113 | ||||
| Seitenbereich: | 045417 | ||||
| Datum | 15 Januar 2026 | ||||
| Institutionen | Physik > Institut für Theoretische Physik > Lehrstuhl Professor Richter > Arbeitsgruppe Jaroslav Fabian | ||||
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
(314695032)
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| Stichwörter / Keywords | transition-metal dichalcogenides, twistronics, spin-orbit coupling | ||||
| Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik | ||||
| Status | Veröffentlicht | ||||
| Begutachtet | Ja, diese Version wurde begutachtet | ||||
| An der Universität Regensburg entstanden | Zum Teil | ||||
| URN der UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-784688 | ||||
| Dokumenten-ID | 78468 |
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