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      Ir(111) surface state with giant Rashba splitting persists under graphene in air.

      Physical review letters

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          We reveal a giant Rashba effect (α(R)≈1.3  eV Å) on a surface state of Ir(111) by angle-resolved photoemission and by density functional theory. It is demonstrated that the existence of the surface state, its spin polarization, and the size of its Rashba-type spin-orbit splitting remain unaffected when Ir is covered with graphene. The graphene protection is, in turn, sufficient for the spin-split surface state to survive in ambient atmosphere. We discuss this result along with indications for a topological protection of the surface state.

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          10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.066804

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