Abstract
In this Letter we report on the colossal spin splitting (on the order of several electronvolts) in the collinear antiferromagnetic (AFM) MnF2 (110) monolayer, which we obtained from first-principles calculations and explain in terms of group-theoretical analysis. This Pekar-Rashba AFM-induced spin splitting with a magnetic mechanism does not require the presence of spin-orbit coupling such as with a traditional Rashba-Dresselhaus electric mechanism. Furthermore, it was observed for all wave vectors, including high-symmetry points of the two-dimensional (2D) Brillouin zone. This is in contrast to recently reported AFM-induced spin splitting in the bulk structure of MnF2, which was both smaller by at least an order of magnitude and required to vanish by symmetry at several high-symmetry points and directions of the three-dimensional Brillouin zone. The crucial part of our group-theoretical analysis is the determination of the magnetic layer group for the monolayer structure for which we propose a simple and generic procedure.
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