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We study a one-dimensional helical system with random Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Using renor- malization group methods, we derive a consistent set of flow equations governing the important con- trol parameters of the backscattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-10 Florian Geissler , Francois Crépin , Björn Trauzettel

The realization of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in ultracold atoms has triggered an intensive exploring of topological superfluids in the degenerate Fermi gases based on mean-field theory, which has not yet been reported in experiments. Here,…

Spin-orbit coupling is studied using the quantum interference corrections to conductance in AlGaN/AlN/GaN two-dimensional electron systems where the carrier density is controlled by the persistent photoconductivity effect. All the samples…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Kurdak , N. Biyikli , U. Ozgur , H. Morkoc , V. I. Litvinov

Two magnetic impurities on the edge of a zigzag graphene nanoribbon strongly interact with each other via indirect coupling, which can be mediated by conducting carriers. By means of Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations, we find that the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-09 F. M. Hu , Liangzhi Kou , Thomas Frauenheim

We study spin control for an electron confined in a flake of silicene. We find that the lowest-energy conduction-band levels are split by the diagonal intrinsic spin-orbit coupling into Kramers doublets with a definite projection of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-30 Bartlomiej Szafran , Alina Mrenca-Kolasinska , Bartlomiej Rzeszotarski , Dariusz Zebrowski

We report on the quantum interference and spin accumulation on double quantum dots with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and electron-electron interaction, based on the Keldysh nonequilibrium Green function formalism. It is shown that Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kuo-Wei Chen , Ching-Ray Chang

Spin polarization of a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit interaction, induced by a thermo-current, is considered theoretically. It is shown that a temperature gradient gives rise to an in-plane spin polarization of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-27 A. Dyrdał , M. Inglot , V. K. Dugaev , J. Barnaś

It is shown that the interplay of long-range disorder and in-plane magnetic field gives rise to an out-of-plane spin polarization and a finite spin Hall conductivity of the two-dimensional electron gas in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Milletari' , R. Raimondi , P. Schwab

The current induced local spin polarization due to weak Rashba spin-orbit coupling in narrow strip is studied. In the presence of longitudinal charge current, local spin polarizations appear in the sample. The spin polarization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Q. Wang , L. Sheng , C. S. Ting

The study of spin-related phenomena in materials requires knowledge on the precise form of effective spin-orbit coupling of conducting carriers in the solid-states systems. We demonstrate theoretically that curvature induced by corrugations…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-30 Jae-Seung Jeong , Jeongkyu Shin , Hyun-Woo Lee

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a fundamental interaction in solids which can induce a broad spectrum of unusual physical properties from topologically non-trivial insulating states to unconventional pairing in superconductors. In iron-based…

We observe spin squeezing in three-component Bose gases where all three hyperfine states are coupled by synthetic spin-orbit coupling. This phenomenon is a direct consequence of spin-orbit coupling, as can be seen clearly from an effective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-01 X. Y. Huang , F. X. Sun , W. Zhang , Q. Y. He , C. P. Sun

We study the conductance $g$ of an electron interferometer created in a two dimensional electron gas between a nanostructured contact and the depletion region induced by the charged tip of a scanning gate microscope. Using non-interacting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Andrii Kleshchonok , Geneviève Fleury , Jean-Louis Pichard , Gabriel Lemarié

We consider a trapped atomic system in the presence of spatially varying laser fields. The laser-atom interaction generates a pseudospin degree of freedom (referred to simply as spin) and leads to an effective spin-orbit coupling for the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-12-18 Tudor D. Stanescu , Chuanwei Zhang , Victor Galitski

Exploiting inversion symmetry breaking (ISB) in systems with strong spin-orbit coupling promises control of spin through electric fields - crucial to achieve miniaturization in spintronic devices. Delivering on this promise requires a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-14 Chi Ming Yim , Dibyashree Chakraborti , Luke C. Rhodes , Seunghyun Khim , Andrew P. Mackenzie , Peter Wahl

We investigate the collective modes in the spin-orbit coupled Fermi gas with repulsive s-wave interaction. The interplay between spin-orbit coupling and atom-atom interactions plays the crucial role in the collective behaviors of Fermi gas.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-12 Shang-Shun Zhang , Xiao-Lu Yu , Jinwu Ye , Wu-Ming Liu

The electronic states of a mesoscopic ring are assessed in the presence of Rashba Spin Orbit coupling and a $U(1)$ gauge field. Spin symmetric coupling to an ideal lead is implemented following B\"uttiker's voltage probe. The exact density…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-23 Michael Ellner , Nelson Bolívar , Bertrand Berche , Ernesto Medina

We report on measurements of quantized conductance in gate-defined quantum point contacts in bilayer graphene that allow the observation of subband splittings due to spin-orbit coupling. The size of this splitting can be tuned from 40 to 80…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-05 L. Banszerus , B. Frohn , T. Fabian , S. Somanchi , A. Epping , M. Müller , D. Neumaier , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , F. Libisch , B. Beschoten , F. Hassler , C. Stampfer

Spin-orbit coupling links a particle's velocity to its quantum mechanical spin, and is essential in numerous condensed matter phenomena, including topological insulators and Majorana fermions. In solid-state materials, spin-orbit coupling…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-12-12 Victor Galitski , Ian B. Spielman

We study the short-range correlation strength of three dimensional spin half dilute atomic Fermi gases with spin-orbit coupling. The interatomic interaction is modeled by the contact pseudopotential. In the high temperature limit, we derive…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-04-17 Zhenhua Yu