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We investigate the transmission properties of a spin transistor coupled to two quantum point contacts acting as spin injector and detector. In the Fabry-Perot regime, transport is mediated by quasibound states formed between tunnel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-10 M. I. Alomar , Llorenç Serra , David Sanchez

Spin-orbit interaction (SOI) offers a nonferromagnetic scheme to realize spin polarization through utilizing an electric field. Electrically tunable SOI through electrostatic gates have been investigated, however, the relatively weak and…

We show theoretically that conversion between spin and charge by spin-orbit interaction in metals occurs even in a non-local setup where magnetization and spin-orbit interaction are spatially separated if electron diffusion is taken into…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-12 Junji Fujimoto , Gen Tatara

In this work, we show that in a four-quantum-dot ring, via introducing a local Rashba spin-orbit interaction the spin bias in the transverse terminals can be detected by observing the charge currents in the longitudinal probes. It is found…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Weijiang Gong , Hui Li , Sha Zhang , Yu Han , Guozhu Wei

Electron transport properties in a parallel double-quantum-dot structure with three-terminals are theoretically studied. By introducing a local Rashba spin-orbit coupling, we find that an incident electron from one terminal can select a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Weijiang Gong , Yisong Zheng

This research investigates the implication of spin-orbit interaction (SOI) and symmetry on the band topology and spin texture at the (001) surface of BiInO$_3$. Using density functional theory (DFT) and symmetry analysis, the study explores…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-27 Ramsamoj Kewat , Nirmal Ganguli

Strong spin-orbit coupling in noncentrosymmetric materials and interfaces results in remarkable physical phenomena, such as nontrivial spin textures, which may exhibit Rashba, Dresselhaus, and other intricated configurations. This provides…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-15 Thorsten Aull , Igor V. Maznichenko , Sergey Ostanin , Ersoy Şaşıoğlu , Ingrid Mertig

We theoretically studied the in-plane tunneling spectroscopy of the hybrid structure composed of a metal and a semiconductor with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We found that the energy spacing between two distinct features in the conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-28 B Srisongmuang , P Pairor , M Berciu

The broken inversion symmetry at interfaces of complex oxides gives rise to emergent phenomena, including ferromagnetism and Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC), which profoundly influence the electronic structure by entangling spin and…

We formulate the effective Hamiltonian of Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC) in $\mathrm{LaAlO_3/SrTiO_3}$ (LAO/STO) heterostructures. We derive analytical expressions of properties, e.g., Rashba parameter, effective mass, band edge energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-18 Cong Son Ho , Weilong Kong , Ming Yang , Andrivo Rusydi , Mansoor B. A. Jalil

We report the control of Rashba spin-orbit interaction by tuning asymmetric hybridization between Ti-orbitals at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface. This asymmetric orbital hybridization is modulated by introducing a LaFeO3 layer between LaAlO3…

We have studied the tunneling conductance in two dimensional electron gas / insulator / superconductor junctions in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC). It is found that for low insulating barrier the tunneling conductance is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Yokoyama , Y. Tanaka , J. Inoue

We investigate numerically the spin polarization of the current in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction in a T-shaped conductor proposed by A.A. Kiselev and K.W. Kim (Appl. Phys. Lett. {\bf 78} 775 (2001)). The recursive Green…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Yamamoto , T. Ohtsuki , B. Kramer

The paramount acumen for controlling spin transport properties in nonmagnetic materials is the usage of spin-orbit coupling (SOC). We propose a model to calculate the spin hall angle (SHA) for the elemental transition metal dichalcogenide…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-03 Swastik Sahoo , Satadeep Bhattacharjee , Bhaskaran Muralidharan

Interfacial spin to charge conversion arises due to an electric potential perpendicular to the interface. The electric potential can be artificially induced, for example, using ferroelectric and piezoelectric thin films at the interface. An…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-23 Ravindra G Bhardwaj , Anand Katailiha , Paul C. Lou , W. P. Beyermann , Sandeep Kumar

We analyze the effect of Rashba spin-orbit coupling and of a local tunnel barrier on the persistent spin and charge currents in a one-dimensional conducting Aharonov-Bohm (AB) ring symmetrically coupled to two leads. First, as an important…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Citro , F. Romeo

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

We propose a spin field-effect transistor based on spin-orbit (s-o) coupling of both the Rashba and the Dresselhaus types. Differently from earlier proposals, spin transport through our device is tolerant against spin-independent scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 John Schliemann , J. Carlos Egues , Daniel Loss

Quantum wires with periodic local Rashba spin-orbit couplings are proposed for a higher performance of spin field-effect transistor. Fano-Rashba quantum interference due to the spin-dependent modulated structure gives rise to a broad energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-12-20 L. Wang , K. Shen , S. Y. Cho , M. W. Wu

We consider the effect of the Rashba spin-orbital interaction and space charge in a ferromagnet-insulator/semiconductor/insulator-ferromagnet junction where the spin current is severely affected by the doping, band structure and charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Wei Wu , Jinbin Li , Yue Yu , S. T. Chui