Spin-orbit coupling in curved graphene, fullerenes, nanotubes, and nanotube caps

Abstract

A continuum model for the effective spin orbit interaction in graphene is derived from a tight-binding model which includes the $\pi$ and $\sigma$ bands. We analyze the combined effects of the intra-atomic spin-orbit coupling, curvature, and applied electric field, using perturbation theory. We recover the effective spin-orbit Hamiltonian derived recently from group theoretical arguments by Kane and Mele. We find, for flat graphene, that the intrinsic spin-orbit coupling $\Hi \propto Δ^ 2$ and the Rashba coupling due to a perpendicular electric field $\mathcal{E}$, ${\Delta }_{\mathcal{E}}\propto \Delta$, where $\Delta$ is the intra-atomic spin-orbit coupling constant for carbon. Moreover we show that local curvature of the graphene sheet induces an extra spin-orbit coupling term ${\Delta }_{\mathrm{curv}}\propto \Delta$. For the values of $\mathcal{E}$ and curvature profile reported in actual samples of graphene, we find that $\Hi < Δ_{\cal E} \lesssim Δ_{\rm curv}$. The effect of spin-orbit coupling on derived materials of graphene, like fullerenes, nanotubes, and nanotube caps, is also studied. For fullerenes, only $\Hi$ is important. Both for nanotubes and nanotube caps ${\Delta }_{\mathrm{curv}}$ is in the order of a few Kelvins. We reproduce the known appearance of a gap and spin-splitting in the energy spectrum of nanotubes due to the spin-orbit coupling. For nanotube caps, spin-orbit coupling causes spin-splitting of the localized states at the cap, which could allow spin-dependent field-effect emission.

Final version. Published in Physical Review B

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