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The generalized Dirac equation of the second order, describing particles with spin 1/2 and two mass states, is analyzed. The projection operators extracting states with definite energy and spin projections are obtained. The first order…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. I. Kruglov

We show that when an electron or photon propagates in a cylindrically symmetric waveguide, its spin angular momentum (SAM) and its orbital angular momentum (OAM) interact. Remarkably, we find that the dynamics resulting from this spin-orbit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-12-09 C. C. Leary , M. G. Raymer , S. J. van Enk

We theoretically explore the possibility of creating spin quantum entanglement in a system of two electrons confined respectively in two vertically coupled quantum dots in the presence of Rashba type spin-orbit coupling. We find that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Nan Zhao , L. Zhong , Jia-Lin Zhu , C. P. Sun

We consider a semi-classical model to describe the origin of the spin-orbit interaction in a simple system such as the hydrogen atom. The interaction energy U is calculated in the rest-frame of the nucleus, around which an electron, having…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Gianfranco Spavieri , Masud Mansuripur

We theoretically examine generation of spin-polarized current using multi-terminated quantum dot with spin-orbit interaction. First, a two-level quantum dot is analyzed as a minimal model, which is connected to $N$ ($\ge 2$) external leads…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-12 Tomohiro Yokoyama , Mikio Eto

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is pivotal for various fundamental spin-dependent phenomena in solids and their technological applications. In semiconductors, these phenomena have been so far studied in relatively weak electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 D. Maryenko , M. Kawamura , A. Ernst , V. K. Dugaev , E. Ya. Sherman , M. Kriener , M. S. Bahramy , Y. Kozuka , M. Kawasaki

Interacting electrons in quantum dots with large Thouless number $g$ in the three classical random matrix symmetry classes are well-understood. When a specific type of spin-orbit coupling known to be dominant in two dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ganpathy Murthy

The Kerr-Newman spinning particle displays some remarkable relations to the Dirac electron and has a reach spinor structure which is based on a twistorial description of the Kerr congruence determined by the Kerr theorem. We consider the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexander Burinskii

We investigate theoretically the combined effects of the electron-electron and the Rashba spin-orbit interactions on two electrons confined in quasi-one-dimensional AlInSb-based double quantum dots. We calculate the two-electron wave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 C. L. Romano , P. I. Tamborenea , S. E. Ulloa

Quasi-nuclear systems, representing nuclei with variable size, are studied to investigate the occurrence of the spin-orbit term in the nuclear mean field in the transition from infinite nuclear matter to finite nuclei. Relativistic as well…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-10 H. Müther

We study the role of spin-orbit interactions in the coupled magnetoelectric dynamics of a ferromagnetic film coated with an electrical conductor. While the main thrust of this work is phenomenological, several popular simple models are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Scott A. Bender

We model a spin-phase transition in a two-dimensional square array, or a lateral superlattice, of quantum rings in an external perpendicular homogeneous magnetic field. The electron system is placed in a circular cylindrical far-infrared…

We theoretically show that the spin Hall effect arises in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of neutral atoms interacting via the magnetic dipole-dipole interactions (MDDIs). Since the MDDI couples the total spin angular momentum and the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-05-25 Toshiyuki Oshima , Yuki Kawaguchi

We investigate a generalized Dicke model by introducing two interacting spin ensembles coupled with a single-mode bosonic field. Apart from the normal to superradiant phase transition induced by the strong spin-boson coupling, interactions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 Wen Liu , Liwei Duan

In the 70's Smith and Tassie, and Bell and Ruegg independently found SU(2) symmetries of the Dirac equation with scalar and vector potentials. These symmetries, known as pseudospin and spin symmetries, have been extensively researched and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-06 P. Alberto , M. Malheiro , T. Frederico , A. de Castro

We describe theoretically the process of multi-beam reflection in a two-dimensional electron system with a lateral potential barrier. Due to spin-orbital interaction, the reflection process leads to the formation of three beams with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. O. Govorov , A. V. Kalameitsev , J. P. Dulka

The particle-wave duality of the electron poses a principle question of whether the spin is a property of the particle or the wave. In this paper, the wave nature of the spin is studied for an electron inside a two-dimensional quantum well.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-05 Ju Gao

Spin Hall effect and its inverse provide essential means to convert charge to spin currents and vice versa, which serve as a primary function for spintronic phenomena such as the spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance and the spin Seebeck…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-03 Yasuhiro Niimi , YoshiChika Otani

The effect of spin-orbit (and Darwin) interaction on a 2D electron gas subject to a radial symmetric, inhomogeneous $1/r$-magnetic field is discussed analytically in a perturbative and non-perturbative manner. For this purpose, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-21 Dominik Sidler , Michael Ruggenthaler , Angel Rubio

We study the quantum interference effects induced by the Aharonov-Casher phase in asymmetrically confined two-dimensional electron and heavy-hole ring structures systems taking into account the electrically tunable spin-orbit (SO)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-17 M. F. Borunda , Xin Liu , Alexey A. Kovalev , Xiong-Jun Liu , T. Jungwirth , Jairo Sinova