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Electron transport through a spin-orbit-coupled quantum ring is investigated within linear response theory. We show that the finite width of the ring results in the appearance of Fano resonances in the conductance. This turns out to be a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-30 M. P. Nowak , B. Szafran , F. M. Peeters

A two dimensional hopping system with Rashba spin-orbit interaction is considered. Our main interest is concerned with the evolution of the spin degree of freedom of the electrons. We derive the rate equations governing the evolution of the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Damker , H. Boettger , V. V. Bryksin

Recently a new propagating mode of coupled charge and spin oscillations was predicted in a two dimensional electron gas with a sufficiently strong Rashba interaction. We show that Coulomb interactions qualitatively modifies the spectrum and…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Ya. B. Bazaliy , B. V. Bazaliy , G. Guntherodt , S. S. P. Parkin

In a two-dimensional electron gas as realized by a semiconductor quantum well, the presence of spin-orbit coupling of both the Rashba and Dresselhaus type leads to anisotropic dispersion relations and Fermi contours. We study the effect of…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 John Schliemann , Daniel Loss

An electron within a mesoscopic (quantum-coherent) spintronic structure is described by a single wave function which, in the presence of both charge scattering and spin-orbit coupling, encodes an information about {\em entanglement} of its…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Branislav K. Nikolic

Electrons with spin-orbit coupling moving in mesoscopic structures can often exhibit local spin polarization. In this paper, we study the influence of the Rashba coupling on the scattering of two-dimensional electrons from a circular disk.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jr-Yu Yeh , Chung-Yu Mou , Ming-Che Chang

Spin-orbit interaction in quantum wires leads to a spin resonance at low temperatures, even in the absence of an external dc magnetic field. We study the effect of electron-electron interaction on the resonance. This interaction is strong…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-10-03 Oleg A. Tretiakov , K. S. Tikhonov , V. L. Pokrovsky

In a quantum ring connected with two external leads the spin properties of an incoming electron are modified by the spin-orbit interaction resulting in a transformation of the qubit state carried by the spin. The ring acts as a one qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Peter Foldi , Balazs Molnar , Mihaly G. Benedict , F. M. Peeters

We map electron spin dynamics from time to space in quantum wires with spatially uniform and oscillating Rashba spin-orbit coupling. The presence of the spin-orbit interaction introduces pseudo-Zeeman couplings of the electron spins to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-23 Vanita Srinivasa , Jeremy Levy

We investigate the two-dimensional (2D) highly spin-polarized electron accumulation layers commonly appearing near the surface of n-type polar semiconductors BiTeX (X = I, Br, and Cl) by angular-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Due to…

We perform a systematic exact diagonalization study of spin-orbit coupling effects for stationary few-electron states confined in quasi two-dimensional double quantum dots. We describe the spin-orbit-interaction induced coupling between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-06-17 M. P. Nowak , B. Szafran

The effect of in-plane electric field on Landau level spacing, spin splitting energy, average spin polarization and average spin current in the bulk as well as at the edges of a two-dimensional electron system with Rashba spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-14 SK Firoz Islam , Tarun Kanti Ghosh

The problem of scattering of the two-dimensional electron gas on the lateral one-dimensional superlattice both having different strengths of Rashba spin-orbit coupling is investigated. The scattering is considered for all the electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. V. Khomitsky

We study spin effects in the magneto-conductance of ballistic mesoscopic systems subject to inhomogeneous magnetic fields. We present a numerical approach to the spin-dependent Landauer conductance which generalizes recursive Green function…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Diego Frustaglia , Martina Hentschel , Klaus Richter

We investigate effects of spin-orbit splitting on electronic transport in a spin valve consisting of a large quantum dot defined on a two-dimensional electron gas with two ferromagnetic contacts. In the presence of both structure inversion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Saarikoski , W. Wetzels , G. E. W. Bauer

We investigate the electron transport through a mesoscopic ring side-coupled with a quantum dot(QD) in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit(SO) interaction. It is shown that both the Fano resonance and the spin interference effects play…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Guo-Hui Ding , Bing Dong

We study the scattering of an electron in a definite state of spin at an interface of an hybrid system with a Rashba spin-orbit coupling on one side. Out of the normal incidence the double refraction phenomenon appears, with one or two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Marigliano Ramaglia , V. Cataudella , G. De Filippis , C. A. Perroni , F. Ventriglia

The structural inversion asymmetry-induced spin-orbit interaction of conduction band electrons in zinc-blende and wurtzite semiconductor structures is analysed allowing for a three-dimensional (3D) character of the external electric field…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-12-30 Eduard Takhtamirov , Roderick V. N. Melnik

We generalize magnetoelectronic circuit theory to account for spin transfer to and from the atomic lattice via interfacial spin-orbit coupling. This enables a proper treatment of spin transport at interfaces between a ferromagnet and a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 V. P. Amin , M. D. Stiles

Quantum interference effects in rings provide suitable means to control spins at the mesoscopic scale. In this chapter we present the theory underlying spin-induced modulations of unpolarized currents in quantum rings subject to the Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-10 Carmine Ortix