# Magnetization-dependent Rashba splitting of quantum well states at the Co/W interface

@article{Moras2015MagnetizationdependentRS,
title={Magnetization-dependent Rashba splitting of quantum well states at the Co/W interface},
author={Paolo Moras and Carmelita Carbone and Sanjoy K Mahatha and Gustav Bihlmayer and Oliver Rader and Jaime S{\'a}nchez-Barriga and L. Novinec and Sandra Gardonio and Polina M. Sheverdyaeva and M. Papagno},
journal={Physical Review B},
year={2015},
volume={91},
pages={195410}
}
P. Moras,1 G. Bihlmayer,2 P. M. Sheverdyaeva,1 S. K. Mahatha,1 M. Papagno,1,3 J. Sánchez-Barriga,4 O. Rader,4 L. Novinec,5 S. Gardonio,5 and C. Carbone1 1Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 34149 Trieste, Italy 2Peter Grünberg Institut and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, 52425 Jülich, Germany 3Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (Cs), Italy 4Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für…
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