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We find that the Rashba spin splitting is intrinsically a nonlinear function of the momentum, and the linear Rasha model may overestimate it significantly, especially in narrow-gap materials. A nonlinear Rashba model is proposed, which is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 W. Yang , Kai Chang

Non reciprocal spin waves have a chiral asymmetry so that their energy is different for two opposite wave vectors. They are found in atomically thin ferromagnetic overlayers with in plane magnetization and are linked to the anti-symmetric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-05 M. J. T. Costa , J. Fernández-Rossier , N. M. R. Peres , A. T. Costa

Supported by a kinetic simulation, we derive an exclusion energy parameter $\cal{E}_X$ providing a lower kinetic energy bound for an electron to cross from one inflow region to the other during magnetic reconnection. As by a Maxwell Demon,…

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

We define a mesoscopic ring in a 2-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) interrupted by two tunnel barriers, enabling us to apply a well-defined potential difference between the two halves of the ring. The electron interference in the ring is…

We propose an all-electrical nanoscopic structure where {\em pure} spin current is induced in the transverse voltage probes attached to {\em quantum-coherent} one-dimensional ring when conventional unpolarized charge current is injected…

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

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

We propose a semiconductor structure that can rotate the electron spin without using ferromagnetic contacts, tunneling barriers, external radiation etc. The structure consists of a strongly curved one-dimensional ballistic wire with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-03 Maxim P. Trushin , Alexander L. Chudnovskiy

We report electronic transmission properties of a tight binding Aharonov-Bohm ring threaded by a magnetic flux, to one arm of which a finite cluster of atoms has been attached from one side. we demonstrate that, by suitably choosing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Supriya Jana , Arunava Chakrabarti

We study the thermodynamic properties induced by non-reciprocal interactions between stochastic degrees of freedom in time- and space-continuous systems. We show that, under fairly general conditions, non-reciprocal coupling alone implies a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-04-29 Sarah A. M. Loos , Sabine H. L. Klapp

We investigate the influence of a perpendicular magnetic field on the spectral and spin properties of a ballistic quasi-one-dimensional electron system with Rashba effect. The magnetic field strongly alters the spin-orbit induced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Stefan Debald , Bernhard Kramer

We study anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) in a spin-polarized two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and nonmagnetic disorder collision. We show that AMR exists, arising from the combined effect of in-plane…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-05 C. M. Wang , M. Q. Pang

A net circulating current may appear within a quantum ring under finite bias. We study the characteristic features of the circular current in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction (RSOI). Both charge and spin currents appear within…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-29 Moumita Patra

We investigate the spin dynamics of electrons in quantum wells where the Rashba type of spin-orbit coupling is present in the form of random nanosize domains. We study the effect of magnetic field on the spin relaxation in these systems and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. M. Glazov , E. Ya. Sherman

We present an autonomous Maxwell's demon scheme. It is first analysed theoretically in term of information exchange in a closed system and then implemented experimentally with a single Rydberg atom and a high-quality microwave resonator.…

A nanodevice capable of separating spins of two electrons confined in a quantum dot formed in a gated semiconductor nanowire is proposed. Two electrons confined initially in a single quantum dot in the singlet state are transformed into the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-25 J. Pawłowski , P. Szumniak , A. Skubis , S. Bednarek

We have studied a quantum dot with Rashba spin orbit interaction on a plane where the position and momentum coordinates are considered to be noncommutative. The energy spectrum of the system is found to be equivalent to that of a quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-04-26 B. K. Pal , B. Roy , B. Basu

We present a detailed analysis of the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interference oscillations manifested through transmission of an electron in a mesoscopic ring with a magnetic impurity atom inserted in one of its arms. The spin polarization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sandeep K. Joshi , Debendranath Sahoo , A. M. Jayannavar

This work studies the interference of electrons in the presence of a line of magnetic flux surrounded by a normal-conducting mesoscopic cylinder at low temperature. It is found that, while there is a supplementary phase contribution from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Silviu Olariu

We investigate the existence of the pure spin ratchet effect in a dissipative quasi-one-dimensional system with Rashba spin-orbit interaction. The system is additionally placed into a transverse uniform stationary in-plane magnetic field.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-01-14 Sergey Smirnov , Dario Bercioux , Milena Grifoni , Klaus Richter