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A reconfigurable logic gate is proposed in a two-dimensional double quantum wire system with a coupling window enabled by a Rashba field. Manipulating the spin states of incoming electrons several quantum logic gates (OR, AND, XOR, CNOT)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-26 George Alexandru Nemnes , Daniela Dragoman

We study theoretically the current-induced spin polarization effect in a two-terminal mesoscopic structure which is composed of a semiconductor two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) bar with Rashba spin-orbit (SO) interaction and two attached…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Yongjin Jiang

We propose and analyze a four-terminal metal-semiconductor device that uses hot-electron transport through thin ferromagnetic films to inject and detect a charge-coupled spin current transported through the conduction band of an arbitrary…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Ian Appelbaum , Douwe Monsma

We theoretically investigate a two-dimensional harmonically-trapped gas of identical atoms with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and no interatomic interactions. In analogy with the spin Hall effect in uniform space, the gas exhibits a spin Hall…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-11-28 J. Armaitis , J. Ruseckas , H. T. C. Stoof , R. A. Duine

Exact wave functions and energy levels are obtained for an electron in a two-dimensional semiconductor circular quantum ring with a confining potential of finite depth in the presence of both an external magnetic field and the Rashba…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-12-07 V. V. Kudryashov , A. V. Baran

In this work, we predict the emergence of a quantum spin Hall insulator (QSHI) in conventional semiconductors, specifically InAs quantum wells, driven by a built-in polarization field. We propose QSHI InAs quantum wells as a platform to…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-07 Chenhao Liang , Sheng Zhang , Haohao Sheng , Quansheng Wu , Hongming Weng , Zhong Fang , Zhijun Wang

We discuss transport through an interferometer formed by helical edge states of the quantum spin Hall insulator. Focusing on effects induced by a strong magnetic impurity placed in one of the arms of interferometer, we consider the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 R. A. Niyazov , D. N. Aristov , V. Yu. Kachorovskii

We investigate the transmission properties of a spin transistor coupled to two quantum point contacts acting as spin injector and detector. In the Fabry-Perot regime, transport is mediated by quasibound states formed between tunnel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-10 M. I. Alomar , Llorenç Serra , David Sanchez

We evaluate the distribution of Hall conductances in magnetic subbands of two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit (SO) coupling placed in a periodic potential and perpendicular magnetic field. In this semiconductor structure the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Ya. Demikhovskii , A. A. Perov

We predict that unpolarized charge current driven through the longitudinal leads attached to ballistic quantum-coherent two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in semiconductor heterostructure will induce a {\em pure} spin current, which is not…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Branislav K. Nikolic , Liviu P. Zarbo , Satofumi Souma

The upper critical field in type II superconductors is limited by the Pauli paramagnetic limit. In superconductors with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling this limit can be overcome by forming a helical state. Here we quantitatively study…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-01-27 L. A. B. Olde Olthof , J. R. Weggemans , G. Kimbell , J. W. A. Robinson , X. Montiel

The effect of Rashba spin-orbit (SO) interaction on the hole states in a quantum dot is studied in the presence of an external magnetic field. We demonstrate here that the Rashba SO coupling has a profound effect on the energy spectrum of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-27 Aram Manaselyan , Tapash Chakraborty

Current induced magnetization switching by spin-orbit torques offers an energy-efficient means of writing information in heavy metal/ferromagnet (FM) multilayer systems. The relative contributions of field-like torques and damping-like…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-12 Meiyin Yang , Kaiming Cai , Hailang Ju , Kevin William Edmonds , Guang Yang , Shuai Liu , Baohe Li , Bao Zhang , Yu Sheng , Shouguo Wang , Yang Ji , Kaiyou Wang

We investigate the efficiency of charge-to-spin conversion in two-dimensional Rashba altermagnets, a class of materials that merge characteristics of both ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. Utilizing quantum linear response theory, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-11 Weiwei Chen , Longhai Zeng , W. Zhu

We consider the Higgs mode at nonzero momentum in superconductors and demonstrate that in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling, it couples linearly with an external exchange field. The Higgs-spin coupling dramatically modifies the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-10 Yao Lu , Risto Ojajärvi , P. Virtanen , M. A. Silaev , Tero T. Heikkilä

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

A nonequilibrium Green's functions approach to spin-Hall effect is developed in a diffusive two-dimensional electron system with Rashba spin-orbit interaction. In the presence of long-range impurities, the coupled quantum kinetic equations…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Y. Liu , X. L. Lei

We study theoretically the spin transport of a Quantum Spin Hall round disk. When an electron traverses the disk in virtue of the edge states, its spin's in-plane component can be rotated by a magnetic flux through the disk. The spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-08-07 Zhan-Feng Jiang , Wen-Yu Shan

The Rashba effect in Ge/Si$_{0.15}$Ge$_{0.85}$ multiple quantum wells embedded in a p-i-n diode is studied through polarization and time-resolved photoluminescence. In addition to a sizeable redshift arising from the quantum-confined Stark…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-25 S. Rossi , E. Talamas Simola , M. Raimondo , M. Acciarri , J. Pedrini , A. Balocchi , X. Marie , G. Isella , F. Pezzoli

We show here theoretically and experimentally that a Rashba-split electron state inside a ferromagnet can efficiently convert a dynamical spin accumulation into an electrical voltage. The effect is understood to stem from the Rashba…