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In a small subset of type II superconductor films, the critical current is determined by a weakened Bean-Livingston barrier posed by the film surfaces to vortex penetration into the sample. A film property thus depends sensitively on the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-11-22 Marius K. Hope , Morten Amundsen , Dhavala Suri , Jagadeesh S. Moodera , Akashdeep Kamra

In this work, we show that a gate electric field, applied in the base of the field-effect devices, leads to inducing spin-orbit interactions (Rashba and linear Dresselhauss) and confines the transport electrons in a two-dimensional electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-03 J. L. Cardoso , H. Hernández-Saldaña

Quasi--one dimensional edge channels are formed at the boundary of a two-dimensional electron system subject to a strong perpendicular magnetic field. We consider the effect of Rashba spin--orbit coupling, induced by structural inversion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 Marco G. Pala , Michele Governale , Ulrich Zülicke , Giuseppe Iannaccone

Chiral materials, similarly to human hands, have distinguishable right-handed and left-handed enantiomers which may behave differently in response to external stimuli. Here, we use for the first time an approach based on the density…

We employ a path integral real time approach to compute the DC conductance and spin polarization for electrons transported across a ballistic Quantum Ring with Rashba spin-orbit interaction. We use a piecewise semiclassical approximation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-07-23 P. Lucignano , D. Giuliano , A. Tagliacozzo

We outline a generic ratchet mechanism for creating directed spin-polarized currents in ac-driven double well or double dot structures by employing resonant spin transfer through the system engineered by local external magnetic fields. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-08-19 Matthias Scheid , Andreas Lassl , Klaus Richter

Spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in low-dimensional systems results in the fascinating property of spin-momentum locking. In a Rashba system the inversion symmetry normal to the plane of a two-dimensional (2D) electron gas is broken, generating…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-02-22 Bartosz Slomski , Gabriel Landolt , Gustav Bihlmayer , Jürg Osterwalder , J. Hugo Dil

Current-induced spin polarization in a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit interaction is considered theoretically in terms of the Matsubara Green functions. This formalism allows to describe temperature dependence of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-14 A. Dyrdal , J. Barnas , V. K. Dugaev

We consider stationary spin current in a (110)-oriented GaAs-based symmetric quantum well due to a nonlinear response to an external periodic electric field. The model assumed includes the Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction and the random…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-30 V. I. Ivanov , V. K. Dugaev , E. Ya. Sherman , J. Barnas

The gate-controlled electron spin interference was observed in nanolithographically defined square loop (SL) arrays fabricated using In$_{0.52}$Al$_{0.48}$As/In$_{0.53}$Ga$_{0.47}$As/In$_{0.52}$Al$_{0.48}$As quantum wells. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Takaaki Koga , Yoshiaki Sekine , Junsaku Nitta

We show that the Rashba spin-orbit interaction causes spin-twisting itinerant motion of electrons in metals and realizes the quantized cyclotron motion of conduction electrons without an external magnetic field. From the view point of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-27 Hiroyasu Koizumi

Detection is most often the main impediment to reduce the number of spins in paramagnetic resonance experiments. Here we propose a new route to carry out electrically-detected spin resonance of an individual spin, placed at the edge of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-29 F. Delgado , J. Fernández-Rossier

Controlling spin currents, i.e., the flow of spin angular momentum, in small magnetic devices is the principal objective of spin electronics, a main contender for future energy efficient information technologies. Surprisingly, a pure spin…

The inverse Faraday effect (IFE) refers to the generation of a DC magnetization by circularly polarized light through the transfer of optical angular momentum to electronic degrees of freedom. In conducting systems, this response can arise…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Jaglul Hasan , Chandan Setty

The coexistence of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions (SOIs) in semiconductor quantum wells leads to an anisotropic effective field coupled to carriers' spins. We demonstrate a gate-controlled anisotropy in Aharonov-Casher (AC)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-12 Fumiya Nagasawa , Andres A. Reynoso , José Pablo Baltanás , Diego Frustaglia , Henri Saarikoski , Junsaku Nitta

The periodic flashing potential has proven to be a powerful tool for investigating directed atomic currents. By applying the flashing ring-shaped potential to spin-orbit (SO) coupled, noninteracting Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) systems,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-06-28 Zhiqiang Li , Xiaoxiao Hu , Zhao-Yun Zeng , Ai-Xi Chen , Xiaobing Luo

Quantum transport in semiconductor nanostructures can be described theoretically in terms of the propagation and scattering of electron probability waves. Within this approach, elements of a phase-coherent electric circuit play a role…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-11-18 U. Zuelicke , A. I. Signal

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

Altermagnets have recently emerged as a new platform for spintronics applications, offering spin-split electronic bands despite vanishing net magnetization. Here, we investigate spin-current generation in Dirac altermagnets and identify…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Tomas T. Osterholt , Lumen Eek , Cristiane Morais Smith , Rembert A. Duine

Quantum wires with periodic local Rashba spin-orbit couplings are proposed for a higher performance of spin field-effect transistor. Fano-Rashba quantum interference due to the spin-dependent modulated structure gives rise to a broad energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-12-20 L. Wang , K. Shen , S. Y. Cho , M. W. Wu