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We propose a spin filter scheme using a $T$-stub waveguide. By applying a moderate magnetic field at the tip of the sidearm, this device can produce both large electric and spin current. The direction, polarization of the output spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 X. Y. Feng , J. H. Jiang , M. Q. Weng

We study the tunneling conductance of a clean normal metal/chiral p-wave superconductor junction using the extended Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk formalism. It is shown that the spin-orbit coupling of the Rashba type that is present near the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-11-20 S. Wu , K. V. Samokhin

Tunneling conductance of a clean normal metal/d-wave superconductor junction is studied by using the extended Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk formalism. We show that the conductance is significantly affected by the interface spin-orbit coupling of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-19 S. Wu , K. V. Samokhin

The coherent transport through a set of N quantum dots coupled in parallel is considered in the limit of infinite intradot and finite or infinite interdot interactions. The mean field slave boson approach and the equation of motion method…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Lipinski , D. Krychowski

We suggest a single-mode spin injection scheme in non-ferromagnetic quantum channels utilizing perpendicular strong Rashba spin-orbit and Zeeman fields. By applying a positive top-gate potential in order to inject electrons from the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-12 Chi-Shung Tang , Yun-Hsuan Yu , Nzar Rauf Abdullah , Vidar Gudmundsson

Evidence is presented for the finite wave vector crossing of the two lowest one-dimensional spin-split subbands in quantum point contacts fabricated from two-dimensional hole gases with strong spin-orbit interaction. This phenomenon offers…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Stefano Chesi , Gabriele F. Giuliani , L. P. Rokhinson , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West

Despite its potential for device application, the non-magnetic Zeeman effect has only been predicted and observed in two-dimensional compounds. We demonstrate that non-centrosymmetric three-dimensional compounds can also exhibit a…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-11 Carlos Mera Acosta , Adalberto Fazzio , Gustavo M. Dalpian

We develop a theory of designing slit experiments in two-dimensional electron systems with the Rashba spin-orbit interaction. By simulating the spatiotemporal dynamics of electrons passing through a single slit or a double slit, we find…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 Kotaro Shimizu , Masahito Mochizuki

We investigate the electron transport through a two-dimensional semiconductor with a nonuniform Rashba spin-orbit interaction. Due to the combination of the coherence effect and the Rashba interaction, a spontaneous spin-polarized current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

A novel method and nanodevice are introduced that allows to rotate the single electron spin confined in a gated electrostatic InSb nanowire quantum dot. Proposed method does not require application of any (oscillating or static) external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-22 J. Pawłowski , P. Szumniak , S. Bednarek

We demonstrate microwave manipulation of the spin states of electrically injected spin-polarized electrons in silicon. Although the silicon channel is bounded by ferromagnetic metal films, we show that moderate microwave power can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-16 C. C. Lo , J. Li , I. Appelbaum , J. J. L. Morton

This article is a brief review of Zeeman spin-orbit coupling, arising in a low-carrier commensurate N\'eel antiferromagnet subject to magnetic field. The field tends to lift the degeneracy of the electron spectrum. However, a hidden…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-06-13 Revaz Ramazashvili

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) emerging at the interfaces of superconducting magnetic tunnel junctions is at the heart of multiple unprecedented physical phenomena, covering triplet proximity effects induced by unconventional (spin-flip) Andreev…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-19 Andreas Costa , Jaroslav Fabian

The interplay of massive electrons with spin-orbit coupling in bulk graphene results in a spin-valley dependent gap. Thus, a barrier with such properties can act as a filter, transmitting only opposite spins from opposite valleys. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-25 Marko M. Grujić , Milan Ž. Tadić , François M. Peeters

Following a previous work [Shen, Ma, Xie and Zhang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 256603 (2004)] on the resonant spin Hall effect, we present detailed calculations of the spin Hall conductance in two-dimensional quantum wells in a strong…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shun-Qing Shen , Yun-Juan Bao , Michael Ma , X. C. Xie , Fu Chun Zhang

A quantum dot with spin-orbit interaction can work as an efficient spin filter if it is connected to N (> 2) external leads via tunnel barriers. When an unpolarized current is injected to a quantum dot from a lead, polarized currents are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-30 Mikio Eto , Tomohiro Yokoyama

Rashba spin-orbit interactions generated by time-dependent electric fields acting on weak links (that couple together non-magnetic macroscopic leads) can magnetize the junction. The Rashba spin-orbit interaction that affects the spins of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Debashree Chowdhury , O. Entin-Wohlman , A. Aharony , R. I. Shekhter , M. Jonson

We investigate the production of spin-polarized currents in corrugated graphene nanoribbons. Such corrugations are modeled as multiple regions with Rashba spin-orbit interactions, where concave and convex curvatures are treated as Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-08 Hernán Santos , A. Latgé , L. Brey , Leonor Chico

We present the analytical result of the expectation value of spin resulting from an injected spin polarized electron into a semi-infinitely extended 2DEG plane with [001] growth geometry via ideal quantum point contact. Both the Rashba and…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Ming-Hao Liu , Ching-Ray Chang , Son-Hsien Chen

The Rashba spin-orbit coupling effect, primarily arising from structural-inversion asymmetry in periodic crystals, has garnered considerable attention due to its tunability and potential applications in spintronics. Its capability to…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-24 Arjyama Bordoloi , A. C. Garcia-Castro , Zachary Romestan , Aldo H. Romero , Sobhit Singh