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Spin Hall current and two-dimensional magnetic monopole in a Corbino disk

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

A spin Hall current can circulate in a Corbino disk with spin-orbit interactions in the presence of a radial charge current, without encountering the sample edge problem. We have suggested several experiments to directly detect and manipulate the spin Hall current in this system. A fictitious two-dimensional magnetic monopole can be created in a Corbino disk with the Rashba interaction by a circular charge current induced either by a spin Hall current in the presence of a ferromagnetic junction or by a perpendicular external magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0501307,
  title  = {Spin Hall current and two-dimensional magnetic monopole in a Corbino disk},
  author = {Ping Lou and Tao Xiang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0501307},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages 2 figures