Doping-induced spin-orbit splitting in Bi-doped ZnO nanowires

Mehmet Aras, Sümeyra Güler-Kılıç, Çetin Kılıç

Our predictions, based on density-functional calculations, reveal that surface doping of ZnO nanowires with Bi leads to a linear-in-$k$ splitting of the conduction-band states, thr…