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    Usachov, D. Yu; Nechaev, I. A.; Poelchen, G.; Güttler, M.; Krasovskii, E. E.; Schulz, S.; Generalov, A.; Kliemt, K.; Kraiker, A.; Krellner, C.; Kummer, K.; Danzenbächer, S.; Laubschat, C.; Weber, A. P.; Sánchez-Barriga, J.; Chulkov, E. V.; Santander-Syro, A. F.; Imai, T.; Miyamoto, K.; Okuda, T.; Vyalikh, D. V.

    Physical review letters, 06/2020, Letnik: 124, Številka: 23
    Journal Article

    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 4 f moments.