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We theoretically study the charge conductance in anomalous Rashba metal (ARM)/superconductor junctions for various types of the pairing symmetries in the superconductor. The exotic state dubbed ARM, where one of the spin resolved Fermi…

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A Maxwell's demon is a device that gets information and trades it in for thermodynamic advantage, in apparent (but not actual) contradiction to the second law of thermodynamics. Quantum-mechanical versions of Maxwell's demon exhibit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Seth Lloyd

We investigate the ballistic motion of electrons in III-V semiconductor quantum wells with Rashba spin-orbit coupling in a perpendicular magnetic field. Taking into account the full quantum dynamics of the problem, we explore the…

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Electron transport through mesoscopic, one-dimensional rings with asymmetric injection into the arms of the ring is studied, in the presence of a Aharonov-Bohm flux, by means of an appropriate $\boldsymbol{S}$ matrix. This matrix is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-23 P. Vasilopoulos , O. Kálmán , F. M. Peeters , M. G. Benedict

We derive an effective continuum model for describing the propagation of electrons in ballistic one-dimensional curved nanostructure which are marked by a strong interplay of spin-orbital degrees of freedom due to local electronic states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-19 G. Francica , P. Gentile , M. Cuoco

We present both theory and numerical-computation results for the transmission and reflection probability currents of a charged particle across a potential step in the presence of a Rashba spin-orbit interaction. By varying kinetic energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-22 Po-Hsin Shih , Godfrey Gumbs , Danhong Huang , Andrii Iurov , Yonatan Abranyos

We implemented an optical one-way potential barrier that allows ultracold $^{87}$Rb atoms to transmit through when incident on one side of the barrier but reflect from the other. This asymmetric barrier is a realization of Maxwell's demon,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-06-20 Jeremy J. Thorn , Elizabeth A. Schoene , Tao Li , Daniel A. Steck

The control of the magnetism of ultra-thin ferromagnetic layers using an electric field rather than a current, if large enough, would lead to many technologically important applications. To date, while it is usually assumed the changes in…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-12-05 Stewart E. Barnes , Jun'ichi Ieda , Sadamichi Maekawa

Magnons, the spin-wave quanta, are disturbances that embody a wave propagating through a background medium formed by ordered magnetic moments. In an isotropic Heisenberg system, these disturbances vary in a continuous manner around an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-02 G. Gitgeatpong , Y. Zhao , P. Piyawongwatthana , Y. Qiu , L. W. Hariger , N. P. Butch , T. J. Sato , K. Matan

We propose the mesoscopic device based on the Rashba spin orbit interaction (SOI) that contains a gated ballistic Aharonov-Bohm (AB) ring with incoming lead and two asymmetrically situated outgoing leads. The variations of the Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. A. Shelykh , N. G. Galkin , N. T. Bagraev

For graphene nanoribbons with Rashba spin-orbit coupling, the peculiar magnetic response due to the presence of a magnetization and geometric confinement are analyzed within a tight-binding model. We observe a sizable transverse…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Matheus S. M. de Sousa , Manfred Sigrist , Wei Chen

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 investigate theoretically the Rashba spin-orbit interaction in InAs/GaSb quantum wells(QWs). We find that the Rashba spin-splitting (RSS) depends sensitively on the thickness of the InAs layer. The RSS exhibits nonlinear behavior for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Li , Kai Chang , G. Q. Hai , K. S. Chan

In this paper we investigate the interplay of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC) and a topological defect, such as a screw dislocation in an {\alpha}-T3 Aharonov-Bohm quantum ring and scrutinized the effect of an external transverse…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-24 Mijanur Islam , Saurabh Basu

Bilayer electron-hole systems with unequal electron and hole densities are expected to have exciton condensate ground states with spontaneous spin-polarization in both conduction and valence bands. In the absence of spin-orbit and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Y. -P. Shim , A. H. MacDonald

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

An interacting quantum dot inserted in a mesoscopic ring is investigated. A variational ansatz is employed to describe the ground state of the system in the presence of the Aharonov-Bohm flux. It is shown that, for even number of electrons…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Kicheon Kang , Sung-Chul Shin

We investigate the persistent currents and magnetization of a mesoscopic system consisting of two clean metallic rings sharing a single contact point in a magnetic field. Many novel features with respect to the single-ring geometry are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Avishai , J. M. Luck

Spin-orbit interaction is investigated in a dual gated InAs/GaSb quantum well. Using an electric field the quantum well can be tuned between a single carrier regime with exclusively electrons as carriers and a two-carriers regime where…

We study the energy levels of non-interacting electrons confined to move in two-dimensional billiard regions and having a spin-dependent dynamics due to a finite Rashba spin splitting. The Green's function for such Rashba billiards is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 András Csordás , József Cserti , András Pályi , Ulrich Zülicke