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We predict that a single-level quantum dot without discernible splitting of its spin states develops a spin-precession resonance in charge transport when embedded into a spin valve. The resonance occurs in the generic situation of Coulomb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-05 M. Hell , B. Sothmann , M. Leijnse , M. R. Wegewijs , J. König

We derive the transport equations for two-dimensional electron systems with spin-orbit interaction and short-range spin-independent disorder. In the limit of slow spatial variations of the electron distribution we obtain coupled diffusion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. G. Mishchenko , A. V. Shytov , B. I. Halperin

The conventional definition of spin-current, namely spin density multiplied by the group velocity, is not a conserved quantity due to possible spin rotations caused by spin-orbit (SO) interaction. However, in a model with spin-spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian Wang , Baigeng Wang , Wei Ren , Hong Guo

It is often assumed that in a superconductor without spin-triplet pairing, the formation of unconventional spin-triplet densities requires the spin-orbit interaction in combination with either broken inversion symmetry or broken…

The formulae of particle current as well as spin- and angular momentum currents are studied for most spin-orbit coupling (SOC) systems. It is shown that the conventional expression of currents in some literatures are not complete for some…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Yi Li , Ruibao Tao

Spin-orbit coupling plays an important role in determining the properties of solids, and is crucial for spintronics device applications. Conventional spin-orbit coupling arises microscopically from relativistic effects described by the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Congjun Wu , Shou-Cheng Zhang

We analyze the contribution of the inhomogeneous magnetic field induced by an electrical current to the spin Hall effect in metals. The Zeeman coupling between the field and the electron spin leads to a spin dependent force, and to spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 A. Hernando , F. Guinea , M. A. Garcia

The cavity mediated spin current between two ferrite samples has been reported by Bai et. al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 217201 (2017)]. This experiment was done in the linear regime of the interaction in the presence of external drive. In the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-16 Jayakrishnan M. P. Nair , Zhedong Zhang , Marlan O. Scully , Girish S. Agarwal

Understanding the effects of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and many-body interactions on spin transport is important in condensed matter physics and spintronics. This topic has been intensively studied for spin carriers such as electrons but…

Electron transport phenomena in disordered electron systems with spin-orbit coupling in two dimensions and below are studied numerically. The scaling hypothesis is checked by analyzing the scaling of the quasi-1D localization length. A…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yoichi Asada , Keith Slevin , Tomi Ohtsuki

The spin-resolved non-equilibrium real-time electron transport through a double-quantum-dot (DQD) Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometer with spin-orbit interaction (SOI) is explored. The SOI and AB interference in the real-time dynamics of spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-22 Matisse Wei-Yuan Tu , Amnon Aharony , Wei-Min Zhang , Ora Entin-Wohlman

Spin-orbit coupling provides a versatile tool to generate and to manipulate the spin degree of freedom in low-dimensional semiconductor structures. The spin Hall effect, where an electrical current drives a transverse spin current and…

Pure spin current is a powerful tool for manipulating spintronic devices, and its dynamical behavior is an important issue. By using mesoscopic transport theory for electron tunneling induced by spin accumulation, we investigate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-25 Shuichi Iwakiri , Yasuhiro Niimi , Kensuke Kobayashi

Understanding the flow of spins in magnetic layered structures has enabled an increase in data storage density in hard drives over the past decade of more than two orders of magnitude1. Following this remarkable success, the field of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-20 C. H. L. Quay , T. L. Hughes , J. A. Sulpizio , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. Baldwin , K. W. West , D. Goldhaber-Gordon , R. de Picciotto

Insulating materials with dynamical spin degrees of freedom have recently emerged as viable conduits for spin flows. Transport phenomena harbored therein are, however, turning out to be much richer than initially envisioned. In particular,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

A system exhibiting multiple simultaneously broken symmetries offers the opportunity to influence physical phenomena such as tunneling currents by means of external control parameters. Time-reversal symmetry and inversion symmetry are both…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Linder , M. S. Gronsleth , A. Sudbo

Intrinsic spin currents are encountered in noncentrosymmetric crystals without any external electric fields; these currents are caused by spin-orbit interaction. In this paper, various theoretical aspects of this phenomenon in bulk…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-11-11 Ilja Turek

We summarize the present status of the theories of spin fluctuations in dealing with the anomalous or non-Fermi liquid behavior and unconventional superconductivity in strongly correlated electron systems around their magnetic instabilities…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Toru Moriya

Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) describes the emergence of spin-polarized electron transport in chiral systems without magnetic fields, a remarkable effect in light-element materials with weak intrinsic spin-orbit coupling (SOC).…

Spontaneous spin polarization of the electrical current flowing through nonmagnetic semiconductor junctions can be generated by carrier scattering processes that are independent of the carrier spin. The two required elements for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yunong Qi , Michael E. Flatté