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We investigate the spin-orbit (s-o) interaction in two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) in quantum wells with two subbands. From the $8\times 8$ Kane model, we derive a new inter-subband-induced s-o term which resembles the functional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Esmerindo S. Bernardes , John Schliemann , Minchul Lee , J. Carlos Egues , Daniel Loss

We present a theoretical study of elastic spin-dependent electron scattering caused by a charged impurity in the vicinity of a two-dimensional electron gas. We find that the symmetry properties of the spin-dependent differential scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-01-05 A. Pályi , J. Cserti

We study the properties of two dimensional topological spin hall insulators which arise through spontaneous breakdown of spin symmetry in systems that are spin rotation invariant. Such a phase breaks spin rotation but not time reversal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-20 Tarun Grover , T. Senthil

The energy efficiency of the spin Hall effects (SHE) can be enhanced if the electrical conductivity is decreased without sacrificing the spin Hall conductivity. The resistivity of Pt films can be increased to 150-300 {\mu}{\Omega}*cm by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-12 Chuan Qin , Yongming Luo , Chao Zhou , Yunjiao Cai , Mengwen Jia , Shuhan Chen , Yizheng Wu , Yi Ji

We describe a new effect in semiconductor spintronics that leads to dissipationless spin-currents in paramagnetic spin-orbit coupled systems. We argue that in a high mobility two-dimensional electron system with substantial Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jairo Sinova , Dimitrie Culcer , Q. Niu , N. A. Sinitsyn , T. Jungwirth , A. H. MacDonald

A theory based on the Aharonov -Bohm effect in the momentum space for the Spin-Hall conductivity without a magnetic field is presented. The two dimensional Rashba Hamiltonian is diagonalized in the momentum spinor basis. This spinor is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Schmeltzer

We investigate the Drude model of spin dynamics in two-dimensional spin-orbit coupled systems. In the absence of an applied electric field, the spin aligns with the k-dependent effective magnetic field. The influence of disorder (the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-14 Tsung-Wei Chen , Hsiu-Chuan Hsu

In a two-dimensional electron gas as realized by a semiconductor quantum well, the presence of spin-orbit coupling of both the Rashba and Dresselhaus type leads to anisotropic dispersion relations and Fermi contours. We study the effect of…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 John Schliemann , Daniel Loss

We discuss the electron spin resonance in two-dimensional electron gas at zero external magnetic field. This spin-resonance is due to the transitions between the electron states, which are split by the spin-orbit (SO) interaction, and is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Shekhter , M. Khodas , A. M. Finkel'stein

Using four-terminal Landauer-B\"{u}ttiker formalism and Green's function technique, in this present paper, we calculate numerically spin Hall conductance (SHC) and longitudinal conductance of a finite size kagome lattice with Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-31 Moumita Dey , Santanu K. Maiti , S. N. Karmakar

The spin-orbit interaction couples the electrons' motion to their spin. Accordingly, passing a current in a material with strong spin-orbit coupling generates a transverse spin current (spin Hall effect, SHE) and vice-versa (inverse spin…

We investigate spin accumulation caused by spin-orbit interactions (SOIs) in a two dimensional electron system confined in one direction. We calculate spin density caused by three kinds of SOIs; arising from edge potential, Rashba and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 Kazuhisa Suzuki , Susumu Kurihara

The two dimensional Rashba Hamiltonian is investigated using the momentum representation.One finds that the SU(2) transformation which diagonalizes the Hamiltonian gives rise to non commuting Cartesian coordinates for K=0 and zero…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Schmeltzer

We have studied transport properties in a two-dimensional electron gas with equal Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions under a perpendicular magnetic field. By employing the exact solution for this system, we found resonant charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Degang Zhang , Yao-Ming Mu , C. S. Ting

We have theoretically explored the intrinsic spin Hall effect (SHE) in the iron-based superconductor family with a variety of materials. The study is motivated by an observation that, in addition to an appreciable spin-orbit coupling in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-08-15 Sudhakar Pandey , Hiroshi Kontani , Dai S. Hirashima , Ryotaro Arita , Hideo Aoki

We derive boundary conditions for the coupled spin-charge diffusion equations at a transmitting interface between two-dimensional electron systems with different strengths of the Rashba spin-orbit (SO) coupling $\alpha$, and an electric…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Bertrand I. Halperin , Alexey A. Kovalev , Arne Brataas

Fully gapped two-dimensional superconductors coupled to dynamical electromagnetism are known to exhibit topological order. In this work, we develop a unified low-energy description for spin-singlet paired states by deriving topological…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-01-17 Sergej Moroz , Abhinav Prem , Victor Gurarie , Leo Radzihovsky

Using the microscopic theory of the conserved spin current [Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{96}, 076604 (2006)], we investigate the spin Hall effect in the two dimensional electron gas system with a perpendicular magnetic field. The spin Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Zhigang Wang , Ping Zhang

The photonic spin Hall effect (PSHE), a hallmark of spin-orbit interaction of light, has long been considered a promising route toward spin-controlled functionalities in nanophotonics. Yet, its practical realization has been severely…

We show how particle-vortex duality implies the existence of a large non-abelian discrete symmetry group which relates the electromagnetic response for dual two-dimensional systems in a magnetic field. For conductors with charge carriers…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-10 C. P. Burgess , B. Dolan