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We investigate the Drude model of spin dynamics in two-dimensional spin-orbit coupled systems. In the absence of an applied electric field, the spin aligns with the k-dependent effective magnetic field. The influence of disorder (the…

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We formulate a semiclassical theory for systems with spin-orbit interactions. Using spin coherent states, we start from the path integral in an extended phase space, formulate the classical dynamics of the coupled orbital and spin degrees…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-02-20 M. Pletyukhov , Ch. Amann , M. Mehta , M. Brack

We embark on computing the longitudinal magnetoconductivity within the semiclassical Boltzmann formalism, where an isotropic triple-point semimetal (TSM) is subjected to collinear electric ($\boldsymbol E $) and magnetic ($\boldsymbol B$)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Ipsita Mandal

Classical nonlinear theories are highly successful in describing far-from-equilibrium dynamics of magnets, encompassing phenomena such as parametric resonance, ultrafast switching, and even chaos. However, at ultrashort length and time…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-15 Lukas Körber , Pim Coenders , Johan H. Mentink

The quantum dynamics of an electron in a uniform magnetic field is studied for geometries corresponding to integrable cases. We obtain the uniform asymptotic approximation of the WKB energies and wavefunctions for the semi-infinite plane…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Spehner , R. Narevich , E. Akkermans

We study a chaotic quantum transport in the presence of a weak spin-orbit interaction. Our theory covers the whole symmetry crossover regime between time-reversal invariant systems with and without a spin-orbit interaction. This situation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Keiji Saito , Taro Nagao

We consider a problem of superconductivity coexistence with the spin-density-wave order in disordered multiband metals. It is assumed that random variations of the disorder potential on short length scales render the interactions between…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-28 Maxim Dzero , Alex Levchenko

We present a general formalism for investigating the second-order optical response of solids to an electric field in weakly disordered crystals with arbitrarily complicated band structures based on density-matrix equations of motion, on a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-04 Amin Maleki Sheikhabadi , Zahra Bagheri , Ali Sadeghi

Semiclassical methods are extremely valuable in the study of transport and thermodynamical properties of ballistic microstructures. By expressing the conductance in terms of classical trajectories, we demonstrate that quantum interference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rodolfo A. Jalabert

We investigate the current-induced spin-orbit torque in antiferromangnetic materials in the presence of Rashba spin orbit coupling using both the linear response theory and the non-equilibrium Green's function technique implemented on a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-15 Hamed Ben Mohamed Saidaoui , Aurelien Manchon

Spin-orbit torques (SOTs) have been widely understood as an interfacial transfer of spin that is independent of the bulk properties of the magnetic layer. Here, we report that SOTs acting on ferrimagnetic FexTb1-x layers decrease and vanish…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-04-04 Lijun Zhu , Daniel C Ralph

The motion of a conducting electron in a quantum dot with one or several dislocations in the underlying crystal lattice is considered in the continuum picture, where dislocations are represented by torsion of space. The possible effects of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Erik Aurell

In a superconductor coupled with a ferromagnetic metal, spin and charge imbalances can be induced by injecting spin-polarized electron current from the ferromagnetic metal. We theoretically study a nonequilibrium distribution of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Yositake Takane

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) relates to the interaction between an electron's motion and its spin, and is ubiquitous in solid-state systems. Although the effect of SOC in normal-state phenomena has been extensively studied, its role in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-02 Morten Amundsen , Jacob Linder , Jason W. A. Robinson , Igor Žutić , Niladri Banerjee

An applied electric current through a space-inversion asymmetric magnet induces spin-orbit torques (SOTs) on the magnetic moments, which holds much promise for future memory devices. We discuss general Green's function expressions suitable…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-11-19 Frank Freimuth , Stefan Blügel , Yuriy Mokrousov

The Kubo formula for the conductance of a mesoscopic system is analyzed semiclassically, yielding simple expressions for both weak localization and universal conductance fluctuations. In contrast to earlier work which dealt with times…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Nathan Argaman

The spin-orbit torque (SOT) in a compensated ferrimagnetic Weyl semimetal, ${\rm Ti}_{2}{\rm MnAl}$, is studied by the linear response theory. We elucidate that the SOT driven by all the occupied electronic states is present in magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-18 Tomonari Meguro , Akihiro Ozawa , Koji Kobayashi , Yasufumi Araki , Kentaro Nomura

Consider a multichannel closed ring with disorder. In the semiclassical treatment its conductance is given by the Drude formula. Quantum mechanics challenge this result both in the limit of strong disorder (eigenstates are not…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Doron Cohen

We have developed a semiclassical approach to solving the Bogoliubov - de Gennes equations for superconductors. It is based on the study of classical orbits governed by an effective Hamiltonian corresponding to the quasiparticles in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Kevin P. Duncan , Balazs L. Gyorffy

In model studies of the spin/anomalous Hall effect, effective Hamiltonians often serve as the starting point. However, a complete effective quantum theory contains not only the effective Hamiltonian but also the relation linking the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 Cong Xiao , Bangguo Xiong , Fei Xue