Inversion symmetry may also be broken by an electric field $\mathbf{E}$, giving rise to the Bychkov-Rashba SOI. This electric field may arise due to the spatial variation of the band edge in asymmetric nanostructures and hence the effect is refered to as structural inversion asymmetry (SIA) SOI. The contribution to the Hamiltonian is given by More @Wikipedia
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