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Diffusive magnetotransport in a 2D Rashba system

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We present calculations of the conductivity tensor \sigma of a 2D-system with the Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in an orthogonal magnetic field, with allowance for electron elastic scattering by a Gaussian \delta-correlated random potential in the self-consistent Born approximation. The calculations are performed proceeding from the Kubo formula using a new exact epresentation of the one-particle Green function of the 2D-system with SOI in an arbitrary magnetic field. We have obtained the analytical expressions for the density of states and \sigma which have a simple interpretation in terms of the two-subband model and hold good in a wide range from the classical magnetic fields (\omega_{c}\tau\ll 1) up to the quantizing ones (\omega_{c}^{}\tau\gtrsim 1). The numerical analysis of the Shubnikov - de Haas oscillations of the kinetic coeffitients and of their behavior in the classical fields region is performed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0508681,
  title  = {Diffusive magnetotransport in a 2D Rashba system},
  author = {S. G. Novokshonov and A. G. Groshev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0508681},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, 6 figures