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We develop a quantum spin-density-matrix framework for heavy-quark spin dynamics in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Starting from an initial polarization induced along the magnetic-field direction, we derive the evolution equation for…

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The dynamics of an electron driven by arbitrary plane wave laser radiation is formulated as a relativistically and mathematically exact refraction process based on an exact index of refraction. This reformulation leads to that index as an…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2013-04-17 Ulrich H. Gerlach , Kiam H. Kwa , Linn Van Woerkom

We consider the magnetic response of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with a spin-orbit interaction to a long-wave-length electromagnetic excitation. We observe that the transverse electric field creates spin polarization perpendicular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander Shnirman , Ivar Martin

The spin dynamics of electrons in chiral molecular systems remain a topic of intense interest, particularly regarding whether geometric chirality inherently induces spin polarization in current-carrying electrons. In this work, we employ ab…

We present a numerical method for investigating the non-perturbative quantum mechanical interaction of light with atoms in two dimensions, without a basis expansion. This enables us to investigate intense laser-atom interactions with light…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Protopapas , D. G. Lappas , P. L. Knight

The motion of a particle with a spin in spherical harmonic oscillator potential with spin-orbit interaction is studied. We have focus our attention on spatial motion of wave packets, giving a description complementary to motion of spin…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 P. Rozmej , R. Arvieu

Diffusion of electrons in two-dimensional disordered systems with spin-orbit interactions is investigated numerically. Asymptotic behaviors of the second moment of the wave packet and of the temporal auto-correlation function are examined.…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Tohru Kawarabayashi , Tomi Ohtsuki

We investigate the inherent influence of light polarization on the intensity distribution in anisotropic media undergoing a local inhomogeneous rotation of the principal axes. Whereas in general such configuration implies a complicated…

Optics · Physics 2017-03-07 Alessandro Alberucci , Chandroth Pannian Jisha

We study the longitudinal spin polarization of a relativistic fluid of massive spin-1/2 particles undergoing a boost-invariant expansion in the longitudinal direction and rotating in the transverse plane. We express the polarization vector…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-18 Nora Weickgenannt , Jean-Paul Blaizot

In this work, the spin dynamics of a single electron under parametric modulation of a lateral quantum dot's electrostatic potential in the presence of spin-orbit coupling is investigated. Numerical and theoretical calculations demonstrate…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Jamie D. Walls

The creation of free excitons by absorption of circularly polarized photons, and their subsequent fast capture by donors, is at the origin of the spin polarization of donor-bound electrons. The sign of the electronic spin polarization at…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-01-10 B. Eble , C. Testelin , F. Bernardot , M. Chamarro , G. Karczewski

We present results of a cross-disciplinary theoretical research at the interface of spin physics and hot-electron transport. A moderately strong electric field is assumed to provide the streaming regime where each free charge carrier, an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-29 L. E. Golub , E. L. Ivchenko

We theoretically investigate the influence of a longitudinal laser polarization component from beam focusing on spin dynamics in Kapitza-Dirac scattering by solving the relativistic Dirac equation with time-dependent perturbation theory.…

Optics · Physics 2022-06-02 Sven Ahrens , Ziling Guan , Baifei Shen

We have developed new methods to calculate dispersion curves (analytically in the simpler cases) from which we are able to derive the spatial distribution of electron and current densities. We investigate the case where the magnetic field…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 E. Hofstetter , J. M. C. Taylor , A. MacKinnon

We study the dynamics of a particle in continuous time and space, the displacement of which is governed by an internal degree of freedom (spin). In one definite limit, the so-called quantum random walk is recovered but, although quite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Claude Aslangul

We have studied polariton spin dynamics in a GaAs/AlGaAs microcavity by means of polarization- and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy as a function of excitation density and normal mode splitting. The experiments reveal a novel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. D. Martin , L. Vina , J. K. Son , E. E. Mendez

We review our theoretical work on the dynamics of a localized electron spin interacting with an environment of nuclear spins. Our perturbative calculation is valid for arbitrary polarization p of the nuclear spin system and arbitrary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. A. Coish , Daniel Loss

This study establishes a fundamental connection between the dissipation and polarization of spin waves, which are often treated as independent phenomena. Through theoretical analysis and numerical validation, we demonstrate that within the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-28 Yutian Wang , Jiongjie Wang , Ruoban Ma , Jiang Xiao

We investigate the spin dynamics in the two-dimensional spin-orbit coupled system subject to an in-plane ($x$-$y$ plane) constant electric field, which is assumed to be turned on at the moment $t=0$. The equation of spin precession in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 Tsung-Wei Chen , Zhi-Yang Huang , Dah-Wei Chiou

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