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We present experimental results of transverse electron focusing measurements performed on an n-type GaAs based mesoscopic device consisting of one-dimensional (1D) quantum wires as injector and detector. We show that non-adiabatic injection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-24 Chengyu Yan , Sanjeev Kumar , Kalarikad Thomas , Michael Pepper , Patrick See , Ian Farrer , David Ritchie , J. P. Griffiths , G. A. C. Jones

We have investigated charge and spin transport in n-type metallic GaAs nanowires (~ 10^17 cm^-3 doping level), grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) on Si substrates. This was done by exciting the nanowire by tightly-focussed…

We perform a theoretical investigation on the time evolution of spin pulses in an $n$-type GaAs (001) quantum well with and without external electric field at high temperatures by constructing and numerically solving the kinetic spin Bloch…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Jiang , M. Q. Weng , M. W. Wu , J. L. Cheng

We have demonstrated the electrical generation and detection of spin polarization by the spin Hall effect (SHE) in platinum. The experiment was performed in a non-local geometry without the use of ferromagnetic materials or magnetic field.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-06-11 Chee Weng Koong , Berthold-Georg Englert , Christian Miniatura , N. Chandrasekhar

The elimination of extrinsic sources of spin relaxation is key in realizing the exceptional intrinsic spin transport performance of graphene. Towards this, we study charge and spin transport in bilayer graphene-based spin valve devices…

A theoretical formulation for spin transport through an antiferromagnetic (AF) insulator is presented in the case driven/detected by direct/inverse spin Hall effect in two heavy metal contacts. The spin signal is shown to be transferred by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-15 Gen Tatara , Christian Ortiz Pauyac

Efficient detection of spin-charge conversion is crucial for advancing our understanding of emergent phenomena in spin-orbit-coupled nanostructures. Here, we provide proof of principle of an electrical detection scheme of spin-charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-16 Stuart A. Cavill , Chunli Huang , Manuel Offidani , Yu-Hsuan Lin , Miguel A. Cazalilla , Aires Ferreira

The carrier spin dynamics in a n-doped (In,Ga)As/GaAs quantum well has been studied by time-resolved Faraday rotation and ellipticity techniques in the temperature range down to 430 milliKelvin. These techniques give data with very…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-15 L. V. Fokina , I. A. Yugova , D. R. Yakovlev , M. M. Glazov , I. A. Akimov , A. Greilich , D. Reuter , A. D. Wieck , M. Bayer

Electron spin polarizations of 32% are obtained in a GaAs quantum well via electrical injection through a reverse-biased Fe/AlGaAs Schottky contact. An analysis of the transport data using the Rowell criteria demonstrates that single step…

We study spin-dependent transport in a two-dimensional electron gas subject to an external step-like potential $V(x)$ and irradiated by an electromagnetic field (EF). In the absence of EF the electronic spectrum splits into spin sub-bands…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. V. Fistul , K. B. Efetov

Spin transport properties of the quantum one-dimensional non-linear sigma model are studied based upon the Bethe ansatz exact solution for the O(3) sigma model and the 1/N-expansion approach for the O(N) sigma model. It is shown that the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Satoshi Fujimoto

Reversible spin Hall effect comprising the "direct" and "inverse" spin Hall effects was successfully detected at room temperature. This experimental demonstration proves the fundamental relations called Onsager reciprocal relations between…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-25 T. Kimura , Y. Otani , T. Sato , S. Takahashi , S. Maekawa

We report measurements of spin susceptibility of a two-dimensional hole gas confined at an GaAs/AlGaAs interface in density range from 2.8 x 10^10 to 6.5 x 10^10 cm-2. We used the method of spin polarization of carriers in parallel magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mukesh Kumar , Giorgio Mori , Flavio Capotondi , Giorgio Biasiol , Lucia Sorba

We use phase-resolved transient grating spectroscopy to measure the propagation of spin helices in a high mobility $n$-GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well with an applied in-plane electric field. At relatively low fields helical modes crossover from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-14 Luyi Yang , J. D. Koralek , J. Orenstein , D. R. Tibbetts , J. L. Reno , M. P. Lilly

Spin transport of indirect excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs coupled quantum wells was observed by measuring the spatially resolved circular polarization of the exciton emission. The exciton spin transport originates from the long spin relaxation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-02 J. R. Leonard , Sen Yang , L. V. Butov , A. C. Gossard

Spin transport property of polarization induced two-dimensional electron gas channel formed in the central vertical plane of a wedge-shaped \textit{c}-oriented GaN nanowall is investigated theoretically. Since the confining potential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-21 Swarup Deb , Subhabrata Dhar

The Rashba Hamiltonian describes the splitting of the conduction band as a result of spin-orbit coupling in the presence of an asymmetric confinement potential and is commonly used to model the electronic structure of confined narrow-gap…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jun-ichiro Inoue , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Laurens W. Molenkamp

We report the spin-pump-induced spin transport properties of a pentacene film prepared by thermal evaporation. In a palladium(Pd)/pentacene/Ni80Fe20 tri-layer sample, a pure spin-current is generated in the pentacene layer by the…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-01-20 Yasuo Tani , Yoshio Teki , Eiji Shikoh

We present magnetotransport measurements performed on two-dimensional hole gases embedded in carbon doped p-type GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures grown on [001] oriented substrates. A pronounced beating pattern in the Shubnikov-de Haas…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-28 Fabrizio Nichele , Atindra Nath Pal , Roland Winkler , Christian Gerl , Werner Wegscheider , Thomas Ihn , Klaus Ensslin

The spin diffusion length for thermally excited magnon spins is measured by utilizing a non-local spin-Seebeck effect measurement. In a bulk single crystal of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) a focused laser thermally excites magnon spins. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-12-15 Brandon L. Giles , Zihao Yang , John Jamison , Roberto C. Myers