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We show that a finite magnetic flux threading a multichannel semiconductor ring induces spin accumulation at the borders of the sample when the Rashba spin-orbit interaction is taken into account even in the absence of external electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. S. Lozano , M. J. Sánchez

We study the spin-dependent electronic transport through a one-dimensional ballistic quantum wire in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction. In particular, we consider the effect of the spin-orbit interaction resulting from the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. E. Birkholz , V. Meden

We propose a new type of the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) emerging from the Rashba spin-orbit coupling in asymmetric four-terminal electron systems. This system generates spin currents or spin voltages along the longitudinal direction parallel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-11 Jun Zhou , Biao Wang , Mengjie Li , Tsuneyoshi Nakayama , Baowen Li

The presence of spin-orbit coupling affects the spontaneously flowing persistent currents in mesoscopic conducting rings. Here we analyze their dependence on magnetic flux with emphasis on identifying possibilities to prove the presence and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Janine Splettstoesser , Michele Governale , Ulrich Zuelicke

We study the effect of an external magnetic field in the Kondo regime of a double-quantum-dot system in which a strongly correlated dot (the "hanging dot") is coupled to a second, noninteracting dot that also bridges the gap between two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-13 Luis G. G. V. Dias da Silva , Edson Vernek , Kevin Ingersent , Nancy P. Sandler , Sergio E. Ulloa

Equilibrium transport properties of a single-level quantum dot tunnel-coupled to ferromagnetic leads and exchange-coupled to a side nonmagnetic reservoir are analyzed theoretically in the Kondo regime. The equilibrium spectral functions and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Ireneusz Weymann , Jozef Barnas

We propose a mechanism for spin polarized photocurrent generation in quantum wires. The effect is due to the combined effect of Rashba spin-orbit interaction, external magnetic field and microwave radiation. The time-independent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yuriy V. Pershin , Carlo Piermarocchi

We study the effect of Rashba spin-orbit interaction on the Josephson current through a double quantum dot in presence of Coulomb repulsion. In particular, we describe the characteristic effects on the magnetic-field induced singlet-triplet…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-27 Stephanie Droste , Sabine Andergassen , Janine Splettstoesser

The time dependent full counting statistics of charge transport through an interacting quantum junction is evaluated from its generating function, controllably computed with the inchworm Monte Carlo method. Exact noninteracting results are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 Michael Ridley , Viveka Nand Singh , Emanuel Gull , Guy Cohen

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 use co-tunneling spectroscopy to investigate spin-, orbital-, and spin-orbital Kondo transport in a strongly confined system of InAs double quantum dots (QDs) parallel-coupled to source and drain. In the one-electron transport regime,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-08 Heidi Potts , Martin Leijnse , Adam Burke , Malin Nilsson , Sebastian Lehmann , Kimberly A. Dick , Claes Thelander

A new class of topological mesoscopic phenomena in absence of external magnetic field (meso-nucleo-spinics)is predicted, which is based on combined action of the nonequilibrium nuclear spin population and charge carriers spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 I. D. Vagner , A. S. Rozhavsky , P. Wyder , A. Yu. Zyuzin

We consider the motion of electrons through a mesoscopic ring in the presence of spin-orbit interaction, Zeeman coupling, and magnetic flux. The coupling between the spin and the orbital degrees of freedom results in the geometric and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Ya-Sha Yi , Tie-Zheng Qian , Zhao-Bin Su

We study two quantum dots embedded in the arms of an Aharonov-Bohm ring threaded by a magnetic flux. The system can be described by an effective one-impurity Anderson model with an energy- and flux-dependent density of states. For specific…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-27 Luis G. G. V. Dias da Silva , Nancy Sandler , Pascal Simon , Kevin Ingersent , Sergio E. Ulloa

The spin-orbit coupling systems with a zero magnetic field is studied under the equilibrium situation, {\it i.e.}, without a voltage bias. A persistent spin current is predicted to exist under most circumstances, although the persistent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

When individual quantum spins are placed in close proximity to conducting substrates, the localized spin is coupled to the nearby itinerant conduction electrons via Kondo exchange. In the strong coupling limit this can result in the Kondo…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-04 F. Delgado , C. F. Hirjibehedin , J. Fernandez-Rossier

We review the effects of the pair spin-orbit interaction (PSOI) in Rashba materials. The PSOI is the electron-electron interaction component that depends on the spin and momentum of the electrons. Being produced by the Coulomb fields of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-06 Yasha Gindikin , Vladimir A. Sablikov

We consider the time evolution of the magnetization in a Rashba spin-orbit-coupled Fermi gas, starting from a fully-polarized initial state. We model the dynamics using a Boltzmann equation, which we solve in the Hartree-Fock approximation.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-03-12 Juraj Radic , Stefan S. Natu , Victor Galitski

We calculate the finite temperature and non-equilibrium electric current through systems described generically at low energy by a singlet and \emph{two} spin doublets for $N$ and $N \pm 1$ electrons respectively, coupled asymmetrically to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-08-24 P. Roura-Bas , L. Tosi , A. A. Aligia , K. Hallberg

In this paper, spin-dependent transport through a spin diode composed of a quantum dot coupled to a normal metal and a ferromagnetic lead is studied. The current polarization and the spin accumulation are analyzed using the equations of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 M. Bagheri Tagani , H. Rahimpour Soleimani