@article { ISI:000388465200002,
	title = {Strong spin-orbit fields and Dyakonov-Perel spin dephasing in supported metallic films},
	journal = {PHYSICAL REVIEW B},
	volume = {94},
	number = {18},
	year = {2016},
	month = {NOV 22},
	pages = {180406},
	abstract = {Spin dephasing by the Dyakonov-Perel mechanism in metallic films deposited on insulating substrates is revealed, and quantitatively examined by means of density functional calculations combined with a kinetic equation. The surface-to-substrate asymmetry, probed by the metal wave functions in thin films, is found to produce strong spin-orbit fields and a fast Larmor precession, giving a dominant contribution to spin decay over the Elliott-Yafet spin relaxation up to a thickness of 70 nm. The spin dephasing is oscillatory in time with a rapid (subpicosecond) initial decay. However, parts of the Fermi surface act as spin traps, causing a persistent tail signal lasting 1000 times longer than the initial decay time. It is also found that the decay depends on the direction of the initial spin polarization, resulting in a spin-dephasing anisotropy of 200\% in the examined cases.},
	issn = {2469-9950},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.94.180406},
	author = {Long, Nguyen H. and Mavropoulos, Phivos and Bauer, David S. G. and Zimmermann, Bernd and Mokrousov, Yuriy and Bl{\"u}gel, Stefan}
}
