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The manipulation of the Rashba spin-splitting is crucial for the development of nanospintronic technology. Here, it is proposed that the Rashba spin-splitting can be turned on and off by reversing electric-field direction. By the…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-09-30 San-Dong Guo , Jing-Xin Zhu , Hao-Tian Guo , Bing Wang , Guang-Zhao Wang , Yee-Sin Ang

Spin transport property of polarization induced two-dimensional electron gas channel formed in the central vertical plane of a wedge-shaped \textit{c}-oriented GaN nanowall is investigated theoretically. Since the confining potential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-21 Swarup Deb , Subhabrata Dhar

We use the $\mathbf{k} \cdot \mathbf{p}$ theory and the envelope function approach to evaluate the Rashba spin-orbit coupling induced in a semiconductor nanowire by a magnetic field at different orientations, taking explicitely into account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 P. Wójcik , A. Bertoni , G. Goldoni

We have studied spin-depend electron tunnelling through the Rashba barrier in a monolayer graphene lattice. The transfer matrix method, have been employed to obtain the spin dependent transport properties of the chiral particles. It is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Kobra Hasanirokh , Hakimeh Mohammadpour , Arash Phirouznia

We investigate the spin-dependent transport properties of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) systems formed in diluted magnetic semiconductors and in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction in the framework of the scattering matrix…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Anh T. Ngo , J. M. Villas-Boas , Sergio E. Ulloa

The spin transport characteristics of a nanowire directional electronic coupler have been evaluated theoretically via a transfer matrix approach. The application of a gate field in the region of mixing allows for control of spin current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Rebello Sousa Dias , V. Lopez-Richard , G. E. Marques , S. E. Ulloa

BiTeI is a polar semiconductor with strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) that produces large Rashba spin splitting. Due to its potential utility in spintronics and magnetoelectrics, it is essential to understand how defects impact the spin…

Spin transport was studied in a two-dimensional electron gas hosted in a wide GaAs quantum well occupying two subbands. Using space and time Kerr rotation microscopy to image drifting spin packets under an in-plane accelerating electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 N. M . Kawahala , F. C. D. Moraes , G. M. Gusev , A. K. Bakarov , F. G. G. Hernandez

Large spin splitting at Rashba interface, giving rise to strong spin-momentum locking, is essential for efficient spin-to-charge conversion. Recently, a Cu/Bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) interface has been found to exhibit an efficient…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-04-06 Hanshen Tsai , Shutaro Karube , Kouta Kondou , Naoya Yamaguchi , Fumiyuki Ishii , Yoshichika Otani

We use $\vec{k}\cdot\vec{p}$ theory to estimate the Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in large semiconductor nanowires. We specifically investigate GaAs- and InSb-based devices with different gate configurations to control symmetry and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 Paweł Wójcik , Andrea Bertoni , Guido Goldoni

We report on a general theory for analyzing quantum transport through devices in the Metal-QD-Metal configuration where QD is a quantum dot or the device scattering region which contains Rashba spin-orbital and electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Qing-feng Sun , Jian Wang , Hong Guo

We consider a Rashba nanowire with proximity gap which can be brought into the topological phase by tuning external magnetic field or chemical potential. We study spin and charge of the bulk quasiparticle states when passing through the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-19 Paweł Szumniak , Denis Chevallier , Daniel Loss , Jelena Klinovaja

In this work, we have studied the spin-dependent ballistic transport and anomalous quantum tunnelling in Bilayer Graphene (BLG) hybrid connected to two Rashba-Zeeman (RZ) leads under an external electric biasing. We investigated the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-26 Saumen Acharjee , Arindam Boruah , Reeta Devi , Nimisha Dutta

Spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy (SP-STM) experiments on ultrathin films with non-collinear spin textures demonstrate that resonant tunneling allows for atomic-scale spin-sensitive imaging in real space at tip-sample distances…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-03-30 Anika Schlenhoff , Stepan Kovarik , Stefan Krause , Roland Wiesendanger

Towards a novel magnetoresistance (MR) device with a carbon nanotube, we propose ``nonmagnetic metal/zigzag nanotube encapsulating magnetic atoms/nonmagnetic metal'' junctions. We theoretically investigate how spin-polarized edges of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Satoshi Kokado , Kikuo Harigaya

Inefficient screening of electric fields in nanoconductors makes electric manipulation of electronic transport in nanodevices possible. Accordingly, electrostatic (charge) gating is routinely used to affect and control the Coulomb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-22 R. I. Shekhter , M. Jonson

Using standard quantum network method, we analytically investigate the effect of Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC) and a magnetic field on the spin transport properties of a polygonal quantum ring. Using Landauer-Buttiker formula, we have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Han-Zhao Tang , Li-Xue Zhai , Man Shen , Jian-Jun Liu

Electronic transport through a single-wall metallic carbon nanotube weakly coupled to one ferromagnetic and one nonmagnetic lead is analyzed in the sequential tunneling limit. It is shown that both the spin and charge currents flowing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 I. Weymann , J. Barnas

The spin-sensitive charge oscillation, controlled by an external magnetic field, was recently proposed as a mechanism of transformations of qubits, defined as two-electron spin-charge Wannier molecules in a square quantum dot. The paper…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-30 Ambroz Kregar , Anton Ramsak

We propose a multi-terminal(Non-magnetic) mesoscopic electrical transport measurement for measuring Rashba spin orbit strength. The method proposed is different from the usual magneto transport measurements, which require magnetic fields…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. P. Pareek