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DC spin generation by junctions with AC driven spin-orbit interaction

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2019-09-11 v2

Abstract

An unbiased one-dimensional weak link between two terminals, subjected to the Rashba spin-orbit interaction caused by an AC electric field which rotates periodically in the plane perpendicular to the link, is shown to inject spin-polarized electrons into the terminals. The injected spin-polarization has a DC component along the link and a rotating transverse component in the perpendicular plane. In the adiabatic, low rotation-frequency regime, these polarization components are proportional to the frequency. The DC component of the polarization vanishes for a linearly-polarized electric field.

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@article{arxiv.1903.03321,
  title  = {DC spin generation by junctions with AC driven spin-orbit interaction},
  author = {M. Jonson and R. I. Shekhter and O. Entin-Wohlman and A. Aharony and H. C. Park and D. Radić},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.03321},
  year   = {2019}
}

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