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Using the Matsubara Green's function formalism we calculate the temperature dependence of the nonequilibrium spin polarization induced by an external electric field in the presence of spin-orbit coupling. The model Hamiltonian includes an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 L. Karwacki , A. Dyrdal , J. Berakdar , J. Barnas

We propose realistic methods to detect local spin polarization, which utilize a quantum dot side coupled to the target system. By choosing appropriate states in the dot, we can put spin selectivity to the dot and detect spins in the target…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-06-14 Tomohiro Otsuka , Eisuke Abe , Yasuhiro Iye , Shingo Katsumoto

We consider ballistic transport through a lateral, two-dimensional superlattice with experimentally realizable, sinusoidally oscillating Rashba-type spin-orbit interaction. The periodic structure of the rectangular lattice produces a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-23 Viktor Szaszkó-Bogár , F. M. Peeters , Péter Földi

In the absence of an external field, the Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in a two-dimensional electron gas in a semiconductor quantum well arises entirely from the screened electrostatic potential of ionized donors. We adjust the wave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-06-09 Oleg Chalaev , G. Vignale

We derive a formalism describing quantum-coherent features of spin-polarized charge current through a partially-polarized spin triplet defect in a $\textit{transverse}$ magnetic field. We predict distinct few-milli-tesla-dc…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 Stephen R. McMillan , Michael E. Flatté

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 present an analytical solution to the Schr\"odinger equation for electron in a two-dimensional circular quantum dot in the presence of both external magnetic field and the Rashba spin-orbit interaction. The confinement is described by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-19 V. V. Kudryashov

In this work we theoretically investigate transverse magnetic focussing in two dimensional electron and hole gasses with strong spin orbit interactions. We present a general result for spin orbit interaction with singular winding numbers in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 Samuel Bladwell , Oleg Sushkov

We show that a finite magnetic flux threading a multichannel semiconductor ring induces spin accumulation at the borders of the sample when the Rashba spin-orbit interaction is taken into account even in the absence of external electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. S. Lozano , M. J. Sánchez

A spin-qubit transformation protocol is proposed for an electron in a mesoscopic quantum ring with tunable Rashba interaction controlled by the external electric field. The dynamics of an electron driven around the ring by a series of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-22 Kregar Ambrož , Ramšak Anton

We study a spin structure that arises in a one-dimensional quantum dot with zero total spin under the action of a charged tip of a scanning probe microscope in the presence of a weak magnetic field. The evolution of the spin structure with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-09 Yasha Gindikin , Vladimir A. Sablikov

We investigate intersubband mixing effects in multichannel quantum wires in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling and attached to two terminals. When the contacts are ferromagnetic and their magnetization direction is perpendicular to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-29 M. M. Gelabert , Llorens Serra , David Sanchez , Rosa Lopez

We investigate the effect of strong spin-orbit interaction on the electronic transport through non-magnetic impurities in one-dimensional systems. When a perpendicular magnetic field is applied, the electron spin polarization becomes…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 R. G. Pereira , E. Miranda

We propose a new method for dynamic nuclear polarisation in a quasi one-dimensional quantum wire utilising the spin-orbit interaction, the hyperfine interaction, and a finite source-drain potential difference. In contrast with current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-05 V. Tripathi , A. C. H. Cheung , N. R. Cooper

A recursive Green's function technique is developed to calculate the spin-dependent conductance in mesoscopic structures. Using this technique, we study the spin-dependent electronic transport of quantum point contacts in the presence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Shi-Liang Zhu , Z. D. Wang , Lian Hu

We demonstrate that the combination of an external magnetic field and the intrinsic spin-orbit interaction results in nonadiabatic precession of the electron spin after transmission through a quantum point contact (QPC). We suggest that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 T. Li , O. P. Sushkov

We study the spin polarization of mixed and entangled electron states in a four probe/beam splitter geometry with local Rashba and Dresselhaus interactions. A pair of maximally entangled electrons collides with the beam splitter and enters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-12-04 Luis A. González-Árraga , Bertrand Berche , Ernesto Medina

In this paper, current-induced spin polarization for two-dimensional electron gas with a general spin-orbit interaction is investigated. For isotropic energy spectrum, the in-plane current-induced spin polarization is found to be dependent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 C. M. Wang , H. T. Cui , Q. Lin

The spin dynamics in a quantum wire with a Rashba spin orbit interaction (SOI) is shown to be controllable via sub-picosecond electromagnetic pulses shaped appropriately. If the light polarization vector is along the wire's direction, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Zhen-Gang Zhu , Cheng-Long Jia , Jamal Berakdar

The ac conductance of a finite tubular two-dimensional electron gas is studied in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction. When the tube is coupled to two reservoirs, that interaction splits the steps in the dc current,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-24 E. A. Rothstein , B. Horovitz , O. Entin-Wohlman , A. Aharony