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We present the generalization of the two-dimensional quantum scattering formalism to systems with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Using symmetry considerations, we show that the differential scattering cross section depends on the spin state of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-07-26 Andras Palyi , Jozsef Cserti

The intrinsic spin-Hall effect on spin accumulation and electric conductance in a diffusive regime of a 2D electron gas has been studied for a 2D strip of a finite width. It is shown that the spin polarization near the flanks of the strip,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. G. Mal'shukov , L. Y. Wang , C. S. Chu , K. A. Chao

The anomalous Hall effect in a magnetic two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling is studied within the Kubo-Streda formalism in the presence of pointlike potential impurities. We find that all contributions to the…

The Rashba Hamiltonian describes the splitting of the conduction band as a result of spin-orbit coupling in the presence of an asymmetric confinement potential and is commonly used to model the electronic structure of confined narrow-gap…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jun-ichiro Inoue , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Laurens W. Molenkamp

We predict two spin-dependent transport phenomena in two-dimensional electron systems, which are induced by spatially fluctuating Rashba spin-orbit interaction. When the electron gas is magnetized, the random Rashba interaction leads to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-26 V. K. Dugaev , M. Inglot , E. Ya. Sherman , J. Berakdar , J. Barnas

We study theoretically the current-induced spin polarization effect in a two-terminal mesoscopic structure which is composed of a semiconductor two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) bar with Rashba spin-orbit (SO) interaction and two attached…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Yongjin Jiang

We propose a nonequilibrium Green's function approach to study the spin-Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron system with both the Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings. By taking into account the long-range electron-impurity…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Y. Liu , X. L. Lei

The intrinsic spin Hall conductivity in a two dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling is evaluated by taking account of anisotropic coupling between magnetic impurities and itinerant electrons. In our calculation Kubo's…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Pei Wang , You-Quan Li , Xuean Zhao

The spin Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron system on honeycomb lattice with both intrinsic and Rashba spin-orbit couplings is studied numerically. Integer quantized spin Hall conductance is obtained at zero Rashba coupling limit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Sheng , D. N. Sheng , C. S. Ting , F. D. M. Haldane

We use microscopic linear response theory to derive a set of equations that provide a complete description of coupled spin and charge diffusive transport in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with the Rashba spin-orbit (SO) interaction.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. A. Burkov , Alvaro S. Nunez , A. H. MacDonald

The Rashba spin-orbit coupling arising from structure inversion asymmetry couples spin and momentum degrees of freedom providing a suitable (and very intensively investigated) environment for spintronic effects and devices. Here we show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 Goetz Seibold , Sergio Caprara , Marco Grilli , Roberto Raimondi

We derive the transport equations for two-dimensional electron systems with spin-orbit interaction and short-range spin-independent disorder. In the limit of slow spatial variations of the electron distribution we obtain coupled diffusion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. G. Mishchenko , A. V. Shytov , B. I. Halperin

We consider the spin-Hall current in a disordered two-dimensional electron gas in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction. We derive a generalized Kubo-Greenwood formula for the spin-Hall conductivity $\sigma$ and evaluate it in an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Oleg Chalaev , Daniel Loss

We calculate the spin-Hall conductivity for a two-dimensional electron gas within the self-consistent Born approximation, varying the strength and type of disorder. In the weak disorder limit we find both analytically and numerically a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Roberto Raimondi , Peter Schwab

In a two dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling, the external electric field may cause a spin Hall current in the direction perpendicular to the electric field. This effect was called the intrinsic spin Hall effect. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Xiaohua Ma , Liangbin Hu , Ruibao Tao , Shun-Qing Shen

We investigate the spin-Hall effect in a two-dimensional heavy-hole system with Rashba spin-orbit coupling using a nonequilibrium Green's function approach. Both the short- and long-range disorder scatterings are considered in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Y. Liu , X. L. Lei

A self-consistent treatment of the spin-Hall effect requires consideration of the spin-orbit coupling and electron-impurity scattering on equal footing. This is done here for the experimentally relevant case of a [110] GaAs quantum well…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. M. Hankiewicz , G. Vignale , M. Flatte

We have considered the conductivity properties of a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in two different kinds of inhomogeneous magnetic fields, i.e. a disordered distribution of magnetic flux vortices, and a periodic array of magnetic flux…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Mads Nielsen , Per Hedegaard

The spin-Hall effect in the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) generates symmetric out-of-plane spin Sz accumulation about the current axis in the absence of external magnetic field. Here we employ the real space Landauer-Keldysh formalism…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Son-Hsien Chen , Ming-Hao Liu , Kuo-Wei Chen , Ching-Ray Chang

We show that the conductivity tensor of a disordered two-dimensional electron gas becomes anisotropic in the presence of both Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions (SOI). This anisotropy is a mesoscopic effect and vanishes with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-31 Oleg Chalaev , Daniel Loss