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It is well known that while forward scattering has no effect on the conductance of one-dimensional systems, backscattering off a static impurity suppresses the current. We study the effect of a time-dependent point impurity on the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 D. E. Feldman , Yuval Gefen

The conventional definition of spin-current, namely spin density multiplied by the group velocity, is not a conserved quantity due to possible spin rotations caused by spin-orbit (SO) interaction. However, in a model with spin-spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian Wang , Baigeng Wang , Wei Ren , Hong Guo

We considered the circulating current induced by the current magnification and the persistent current induced by Aharonov-Casher flux. The persistent currents have directional dependence on the direct current flow, but the circulating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Taeseung Choi , Chang-Mo Ryu , A. M. Jayannavar

We theoretically show that a temporally oscillating spin-driven electromotive force or voltage with a large DC component can be generated by exciting microwave-active spin-wave modes of a skyrmion crystal confined in a quasi two-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-31 Tatsuya Koide , Akihito Takeuchi , Masahito Mochizuki

We discuss the properties of a strongly interacting spin-charge separated one dimensional system coupled to ferromagnets and/or superconductors. Our results are valid for arbitrary temperatures with respect to the spin energy, but require…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-03-19 Dagim Tilahun , Gregory A. Fiete

For an electron, a spin-1/2 particle, the spin charge $\mathbf{s}$, a real pseudovector with constant length, could determine the spin polarization properties in quantum mechanics. Since spin density $\rho_{\mathbf{s}}$ could be expressed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-28 Xiang Zhou , Zhenyu Zhang , Cheng-Zheng Hu

Electron charge transport through a quantum point contact (QPC) driven by an asymmetric spin bias is studied. A large charge current is induced when the transmission coefficient of the QPC jumps from one integer plateau to the next.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yanxia Xing , Qing-feng Sun , Jian Wang

Pure spin currents carry information in quantum spintronics and could play an essential role in the next generation low-energy-consumption electronics. Here we theoretically predict that the magnetic field can induce a quantum spin current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-27 Jing Wang , Biao Lian , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Control over quantum systems is typically achieved by time-dependent electric or magnetic fields. Alternatively, electronic spins can be controlled by spin-polarized currents. Here we demonstrate coherent driving of a single spin by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-26 Stepan Kovarik , Richard Schlitz , Aishwarya Vishwakarma , Dominic Ruckert , Pietro Gambardella , Sebastian Stepanow

We report on microwave (mw) radiation induced electric currents in (Cd,Mn)Te/(Cd,Mg)Te and InAs/(In,Ga)As quantum wells subjected to an external in-plane magnetic field. The current generation is attributed to the spin-dependent energy…

To mitigate climate change, our global society is harnessing direct (solar irradiation) and indirect (wind/water flow) sources of renewable electrical power generation. Emerging direct sources include current-producing thermal gradients in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-24 K. Katcko , E. Urbain , B. Taudul , F. Schleicher , J. Arabski , E. Beaurepaire , B. Vileno , D. Spor , W. Weber , D. Lacour , S. Boukari , M. Hehn , M. Alouani , J. Fransson , M. Bowen

We theoretically explore the generation of spin current driven by a temperature gradient in a junction between a chiral insulator and a normal metal. Based on the gyromagnetic response induced by microscopic acoustic-phonon-mediated lattice…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-20 Naoki Nishimura , Takumi Funato , Mamoru Matsuo , Takeo Kato

A charge flow through a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) leads to the generation of a spin-polarized current which exerts a spin-transfer torque (STT) on the magnetization. When the density of applied direct current exceeds some critical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-10 A. I. Nikitchenko , N. A. Pertsev

Pure spin currents are measured in micron-wide channels of GaAs two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). Spins are injected and detected using quantum point contacts, which become spin polarized at high magnetic field. High sensitivity to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. M. Frolov , A. Venkatesan , W. Yu , W. Wegscheider , J. A. Folk

Spin fluctuation and transition have always been one of central topics of magnetism and condensed matter science. Experimentally, the spin fluctuation is found transcribed onto scattering intensity in the neutron scattering process, which…

Altermagnets, a recently identified class of magnetic materials, possess a spin-split Fermi surface that results in the so-called spin splitter effect, enabling the generation of a spin current transverse to the injection direction and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-17 Konstantinos Sourounis , Aurélien Manchon

We calculate current, spin current and tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) for a quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads in the presence of a square wave of bias voltage. Our results are obtained via time-dependent nonequilibrium Green…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 F. M. Souza , J. A. Gomez

A mechanism to generate a spin-polarized current in a two-terminal zigzag silicene nanoribbon is predicted. As a weak local exchange field that is parallel to the surface of silicene is applied on one of edges of the silicene nanoribbon, a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-20 Xing-Tao An , Yan-Yang Zhang , Jian-Jun Liu , Shu-Shen Li

Spin current, i.e. the flow of spin angular momentum or magnetic moment, has recently attracted much attention as the promising alternative for charge current with better energy efficiency. Genuine spin current is generally carried by the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-06-29 S. Seki , Y. Okamura , K. Kondou , K. Shibata , M. Kubota , R. Takagi , F. Kagawa , M. Kawasaki , G. Tatara , Y. Otani , Y. Tokura

Superconductors are famously capable of supporting persistent electrical currents, that is, currents that flow without any measurable decay as long as the material is kept in the superconducting state. We introduce here a class of materials…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-31 Kyle Monkman , Joan Weng , Niclas Heinsdorf , Alberto Nocera , Marcel Franz
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