Bulk electron spin polarization generated by the spin Hall current
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-11 v2
Abstract
It is shown that the spin Hall current generates a non-equilibrium spin polarization in the interior of crystals with reduced symmetry in a way that is drastically different from the previously well-known equilibrium polarization during the spin relaxation process. The steady state spin polarization value does not depend on the strength of spin-orbit interaction offering possibility to generate relatively high spin polarization even in the case of weak spin-orbit coupling.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0512566,
title = {Bulk electron spin polarization generated by the spin Hall current},
author = {V. L. Korenev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0512566},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, 2 Figures. Extended version of cond-mat/0508144. More discussions and connection with recent literature are given