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Spin-orbit interactions (SOIs) of light are manifestations of coupling between components of light's angular momentum. They are at play in most basic optical processes, offering opportunities both to understand their fundamental origin and…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-14 Aymeric Braud , Renaud Gueroult

We derive boundary conditions for the coupled spin-charge diffusion equations at a transmitting interface between two-dimensional electron systems with different strengths of the Rashba spin-orbit (SO) coupling $\alpha$, and an electric…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Bertrand I. Halperin , Alexey A. Kovalev , Arne Brataas

Universal properties of spin-Hall effect in ballistic 2D electron systems are addressed. The net spin polarization across the edge of the conductor is second order, ~\lambda^2, in spin-orbit coupling constant independent of the form of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 V. A. Zyuzin , P. G. Silvestrov , E. G. Mishchenko

Circulating orbital currents produced by the spin-orbit interaction for a single electron spin in a quantum dot are explicitly evaluated at zero magnetic field, along with their effect on the total magnetic moment (spin and orbital) of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-24 J. van Bree , A. Yu. Silov , P. M. Koenraad , M. E. Flatté

Spin-orbit (SO) interaction critically influences electron spin dynamics and spin transport in bulk semiconductors and semiconductor microstructures. This interaction couples electron spin to dc and ac electric fields. Spin coupling to ac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Emmanuel I. Rashba

Spin-Hall effect in ballistic 2D electron gas with Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling and smooth edge confinement is studied. We predict that the interplay of semiclassical electron motion and quantum dynamics of spins leads to several…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-05-15 P. G. Silvestrov , V. A. Zyuzin , E. G. Mishchenko

We study the implications of spin-orbit interaction (SOI) for two-qubit gates (TQGs) in semiconductor spin qubit platforms. SOI renders the exchange interaction governing qubit pairs anisotropic, posing a serious challenge for conventional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-11 Jiaan Qi , Zhi-Hai Liu , H. Q. Xu

Light carries angular momentum as spin and orbital components. The spin-orbit interaction (SOI) of light refers to phenomena in which the spin (left or right circular polarisation) affects the spatial degrees of freedom. Recently, interest…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-09-09 Longqing Yi , Ke Hu , Tünde Fülöp

Semiclassical solutions of two-dimensional Schrodinger equation with spin-orbit interaction and smooth potential are considered. In the leading order, spin polarization is in-plane and follows the evolution of the electron momentum for a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. G. Silvestrov , E. G. Mishchenko

We study the Pauli--Schr\"odinger equation in a uniformly rotating frame of reference to describe a coupling of spins and mechanical rotations. The explicit form of the spin-orbit interaction (SOI) with the inertial effects due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-02-22 Mamoru Matsuo , Jun'ichi Ieda , Eiji Saitoh , Sadamichi Maekawa

In developing our previous contribution (arXiv:1804.00889) we have numerically found the bound state energy and correspondent wave function of the two electrons confined to move in a quantum well placed close to the gate electrode.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-28 M. M. Mahmoodian , A. V. Chaplik

We study the evolution and distribution of non-equilibrium electron spin polarization in n-type semiconductors within the two-component drift-diffusion model in an applied electric field. Propagation of spin-polarized electrons through a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 Yuriy V. Pershin , Vladimir Privman

Scattering theory is employed to derive a Landauer-type formula for the spin and the charge currents, through a finite region where spin-orbit interactions are effective. It is shown that the transmission matrix yields the spatial direction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 O. Entin-Wohlman , A. Aharony , Y. Tokura , Y. Avishai

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is pivotal for various fundamental spin-dependent phenomena in solids and their technological applications. In semiconductors, these phenomena have been so far studied in relatively weak electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 D. Maryenko , M. Kawamura , A. Ernst , V. K. Dugaev , E. Ya. Sherman , M. Kriener , M. S. Bahramy , Y. Kozuka , M. Kawasaki

We predict the appearance of a persistent spin current in a two-dimensional electron gas formed at the interface of multiferroic oxides with a transverse helical magnetic order. No charge current is generated. This is the result of an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-20 Chenglong Jia , Jamal Berakdar

At each of the boundaries of the two-dimensional (2D) rectangular conductor parallel to the electric current there arises a stripe with an electric field transverse to the current and a 100% electron spin polarization. The two stripes have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-18 Y. B. Lyanda-Geller

We present analysis of a single channel interacting quantum wire problem in the presence of spin-orbit interaction. The spin-orbit coupling breaks the spin-rotational symmetry from SU(2) to U(1) and breaks inversion symmetry. The low-energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-28 Nikolaos Kainaris , Sam T. Carr

Utilizing a SU(2) gauge symmetry technique in the quasiclassical diffusive regime, we theoretically study finite-sized two-dimensional intrinsic spin-orbit coupled superconductor/normal-metal/superconductor (S/N/S) hybrid structures with a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-07-13 Mohammad Alidoust , Klaus Halterman

We study the equilibrium and nonequilibrium electronic transport properties of multiprobe topological systems using a combination of the Landauer-B\"uttiker approach and nonequilibrium Green's functions techniques. We obtain general…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-25 Leandro R. F. Lima , Caio Lewenkopf

We describe theoretically the process of multi-beam reflection in a two-dimensional electron system with a lateral potential barrier. Due to spin-orbital interaction, the reflection process leads to the formation of three beams with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. O. Govorov , A. V. Kalameitsev , J. P. Dulka