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Current-induced spin polarization and the spin Hall effect: a quasiclassical approach

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

The quasiclassical Green function formalism is used to describe charge and spin dynamics in the presence of spin-orbit coupling. We review the results obtained for the spin Hall effect on restricted geometries. The role of boundaries is discussed in the framework of spin diffusion equations.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0701629,
  title  = {Current-induced spin polarization and the spin Hall effect: a quasiclassical approach},
  author = {R. Raimondi and C. Gorini and M. Dzierzawa and P. Schwab},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0701629},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, 5 figures, Submitted to Solid State Communications Special Issue on "Fundamental Phenomena in Low Dimensional Electron Systems". Special Issue Editors: Marco Polini, Michele Governale, Hermann Grabert, Vittorio Pellegrini, and Mario Tosi