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Anisotropic current-induced spin accumulation in the two-dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit coupling

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We investigate the magnetoelectric (or inverse spin-galvanic) effect in the two dimensional electron gases with both Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling using an exact solution of the Boltzmann equation for electron spin and momentum. The spin response to an in-plane electric field turns out to be highly anisotropic while the usual charge conductivity remains isotropic, contrary to earlier statements.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0611328,
  title  = {Anisotropic current-induced spin accumulation in the two-dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit coupling},
  author = {Maxim Trushin and John Schliemann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0611328},
  year   = {2007}
}

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extended version of the previous submission: 6 pages, 1 fig

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