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We construct the canonical constitutive relations for a fluid description of a system with a spin current, valid in an arbitrary number of dimensions in the absence of parity breaking or time reversal breaking terms. Our study encompasses…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-07 A. D. Gallegos , U. Gursoy , A. Yarom

The spin-orbit coupling (SOC) affecting the center of mass of ultracold atoms can be simulated using a properly chosen periodic sequence of magnetic pulses. Yet such a method is generally accompanied by micro-motion which hinders a precise…

We have developed the quantum hydrodynamic model that describes particles with spin-up and with spin-down in separate. We have derived the equation of the spin current evolution as a part of the set of the quantum hydrodynamics (QHD)…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 Mariya Iv. Trukhanova

Recent achievements in semiconductor spintronics are discussed. Special attention is paid to spin-orbit interaction, coupling of electron spins to external electric fields, and spin transport in media with spin-orbit coupling, including the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Emmanuel I. Rashba

One of the most fundamental properties of electromagnetism and special relativity is the coupling between the spin of an electron and its orbital motion. This is at the origin of the fine structure in atoms, the spin Hall effect in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-22 V. G. Sala , D. D. Solnyshkov , I. Carusotto , T. Jacqmin , A. Lemaître , H. Terças , A. Nalitov , M. Abbarchi , E. Galopin , I. Sagnes , J. Bloch , G. Malpuech , A. Amo

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) plays a crucial role in many branches of physics. In this context, the recent experimental realization of the coupling between spin and linear momentum of ultracold atoms opens a completely new avenue for exploring…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-24 Kuei Sun , Chunlei Qu , Chuanwei Zhang

Spin pumping provides a fundamental route for dynamical spin transport, yet in its conventional form it produces only linear spin responses at the driving frequency. Recent studies have shown that spin-orbit coupling (SOC) can lift these…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Ousmane Ly

Electronic spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is essential for various newly discovered phenomena in condensed-matter systems. In particular, one-dimensional topological heterostructures with SOC have been widely investigated in both theory and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-04-21 Kuei Sun , Nayana Shah

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

The spin currents generated by spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in the nonmagnetic metal layer or at the interface with broken inversion symmetry are of particular interest and importance. Here, we have explored the spin current generation…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-03-02 Q. B. Liu , K. K. Meng , S. Q. Zheng , Y. C. Wu , J. Miao , X. G. Xu , Y. Jiang

Recently experiments have shown very significant spin activity in biological molecules such as DNA, proteins, oligopeptides and aminoacids. Such molecules have in common their chiral structure, time reversal symmetry and the absence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-29 Juan Daniel Torres , Raul Hidalgo , Solmar Varela , Ernesto Medina

The quantum hydrodynamic-like equations for two real variables (i.e., the phase and the amplitude of the wave function) of the relativistic Klein-Gordon equation are derived in the present paper. The paper also shows that in classical limit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-22 Piero Chiarelli

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…

Solitons play a fundamental role in dynamics of nonlinear excitations. Here we explore the motion of solitons in one-dimensional uniform Bose-Einstein condensates subjected to a spin-orbit coupling (SOC). We demonstrate that the spin…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-12-21 Lin Wen , Q. Sun , Yu Chen , Deng-Shan Wang , J. Hu , H. Chen , W. -M. Liu , G. Juzeliūnas , Boris A. Malomed , An-Chun Ji

In condensed-matter physics spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a fundamental physical interaction, which describes how the electrons' spin couples to their orbital motion. It is the source of a vast variety of fascinating phenomena in solids such…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-25 Khalil Zakeri , Dominik Rau , Jasmin Jandke , Fang Yang , Wulf Wulfhekel , Christophe Berthod

We report a new type of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) called geometric SOC. Starting from the relativistic theory in curved space, we derive an effective nonrelativistic Hamiltonian in a generic curve embedded into flat three dimensions. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-24 Atsuo Shitade , Emi Minamitani

Vortical flows of rotating particles describe interactions ranging from molecular machines to atmospheric dynamics. Yet to date, direct observation of the hydrodynamic coupling between artificial micro-rotors has been restricted by the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-08-02 Matan Yah Ben Zion , Alvin Modin , Paul M. Chaikin

Spin--orbit interaction (SOI) plays a fundamental role in many low-dimensional semiconductor and hybrid quantum devices. In the rapidly evolving field of semiconductor spin qubits, SOI is an essential ingredient that can allow for ultrafast…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-22 Jørgen Holme Qvist , Jeroen Danon

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a key interaction in spintronics, allowing an electrical control of spin or magnetization and, vice versa, a magnetic control of electrical current. However, recent advances have revealed much broader…

We investigate the spin Hall effect (SHE) in a wide class of spin-orbit coupling systems by using spin force picture. We derive the general relation equation between spin force and spin current and show that the longitudinal force component…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-11 Cong Son Ho , Mansoor B. A. Jalil , Seng Ghee Tan