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Following the early theoretical descriptions of the spin-orbit-induced spin torque [S.G. Tan et al., arXiv:0705.3502 (2007); S.G.Tan et al., Ann. Phys.326, 207 (2011)], the first experimental observation of such effect was reported by L. M.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 Ji Chen , Mansoor Bin Abdul Jalil , Seng Ghee Tan

We consider the effect of the Rashba spin-orbital interaction and space charge in a ferromagnet-insulator/semiconductor/insulator-ferromagnet junction where the spin current is severely affected by the doping, band structure and charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Wei Wu , Jinbin Li , Yue Yu , S. T. Chui

Magnetization dynamics in a ferromagnet can induce a spin-dependent electric field through spin motive force. Spin current generated by the spin-dependent electric field can in turn modify the magnetization dynamics through spin-transfer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-29 Kyoung-Whan Kim , Jung-Hwan Moon , Kyung-Jin Lee , Hyun-Woo Lee

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

A new route to $d^0$ magnetism is established with help of the first principles methods. Non-magnetic interstitial impurities from group 14 in the periodic table are found to induce $p$-orbital magnetism in polycrystalline PbO-type…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-15 J. Berashevich , A. Reznik

Spin-spin correlation function response in the low electronic density regime and externally applied electric field is evaluated for 2D metallic crystals under Rashba-type coupling, fixed number of particles and two-fold energy band…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-10-06 H. Vivas

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

We study the temperature scale of the Kondo screening of a magnetic impurity which hybridizes with a two-dimensional electron gas in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction. The problem is mapped to an effective single-band…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-02-24 Rok Zitko , Janez Bonca

We investigate the influence on the density of states and the density of spin polarization for a two-dimensional hole gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling under intense terahertz laser fields. Via Floquet theorem, we solve the time-dependent…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Zhou

Spin-orbit coupling introduces chirality into electronic structure. This can have profound effects on the magnetization induced by orbital motion of electrons. Here we derive a formula for the orbital magnetization of interacting electrons…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-09-23 R. Nourafkan , G. Kotliar , A. -M. S. Tremblay

Motivated by the remarkable experimental control of synthetic gauge fields in ultracold atomic systems, we investigate the effect of an artificial Rashba spin-orbit coupling on the spin polarization of a two-dimensional repulsive Fermi gas.…

We study how the Rashba spin-orbit interaction influences unconventional superconductivity in a two dimensional electron gas partially spin-polarized by a magnetic field. Somewhat surprisingly, we find that for all field orientations, only…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-07-01 Ethan Lake , Caleb Webb , D. A. Pesin , O. A. Starykh

Density functional calculations are performed to study the magnetic order of the severely distorted square planar cupric oxide (CuO) and local spin disorder in it in the presence of the transition metal impurities M (= Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-04-05 B. G. Ganga , P. N. Santhosh , B. R. K. Nanda

The magnetoresistance of a three-dimensional Rashba material placed on top of a ferromagnetic insulator is theoretically investigated. In addition to the intrinsic Rashba spin-orbit interaction, we also consider extrinsic spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-21 Sebastian Tölle , Michael Dzierzawa , Ulrich Eckern , Cosimo Gorini

The non-equilibrium transportation of two-dimensional electrons through a narrow channel is investigated under the influence of the Rashba interaction. By introducing suitable lifetime in the Green's function, the average spin values can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-16 Yi-Ying Chin , Jui-Yu Chiu , Ming-Che Chang , Chung-Yu Mou

We have described the electron spin dynamics in the presence of Rashba spin- orbit interaction and disorder using the spin-density matrix method. We showed that in the Born approximation in the scattering amplitude the spin current is zero…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Alexander Khaetskii

The influence of inelastic relaxation time on the intrinsic spin Hall effects in a disordered two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba interaction is studied, which clarifies the controversy of impurity effects in the system. We reveal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-04-19 Pei Wang , You-Quan Li

We consider a single impurity with spin $S$ embedded in a three-dimensional antiferromagnetic system which is close to the quantum critical point (QCP), separating magnetically ordered and disordered phases. Approaching the QCP from the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-10-28 Yaroslav A. Kharkov , Ivan S. Terekhov , Oleg P. Sushkov

We show that a controllable dc magnetization is accumulated in a junction comprising a quantum dot coupled to non-magnetic reservoirs if the junction is subjected to a time-dependent spin-orbit interaction. The latter is induced by an ac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-19 O. Entin-Wohlman , R. I. Shekhter , M. Jonson , A. Aharony

We study the spin polarization induced by a current flow in clean two dimensional electron gases with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. This geometric effect originates from special properties of the electron's scattering at the edges of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Reynoso , Gonzalo Usaj , C. A. Balseiro