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We show that the spin-current response of a semiconductor crystal to an external electric field is considerably more complex than previously assumed. While in systems of high symmetry only the spin-Hall components are allowed, in systems of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Dimitrie Culcer , R. Winkler

Insulating materials with dynamical spin degrees of freedom have recently emerged as viable conduits for spin flows. Transport phenomena harbored therein are, however, turning out to be much richer than initially envisioned. In particular,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

We consider thermoelectric transport properties of the edge states of a two dimensional topological insulator in a double quantum point contact geometry coupled to two thermally biased reservoirs. Both spin-preserving and spin-flipping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-13 Flavio Ronetti , Luca Vannucci , Giacomo Dolcetto , Matteo Carrega , Maura Sassetti

The concept of a spin-current is a useful tool in understanding spin-transport in hybrid systems, but its very definition is problematic in systems where spin-orbit coupling effects are strong. In the absence of spin-dependent scattering,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jacob Linder , Takehito Yokoyama , Asle Sudbø

Emerging orbitronics assumes long-range orbital current transport, analogous to spin currents. However, recent theory and experiments challenge this view, showing rather local characters for orbital polarization and orbit-spin conversions.…

A new proposal is given to design a spin half-adder in a nano-junction. It is well known that at finite voltage a net circulating current (known as circular current) appears within a mesoscopic ring under asymmetric ring-to-electrode…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-02 Moumita Patra

We propose a ``spin-guide'' source for generation of electric currents with a high degree of spin polarization, allowing long-distance transmission of the spin-polarization. In the spin-guide scheme proposed here, a non-magnetic conducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. N. Gurzhi , A. N. Kalinenko , A. I. Kopeliovich , A. V. Yanovsky , E. N. Bogachek , Uzi Landman

Applications based on spin currents strongly profit from the control and reduction of their effective damping and their transport properties. We here experimentally observe magnon mediated transport of spin (angular) momentum through a 13.4…

In this work we demonstrate explicit analytical expressions for both charge and spin currents which constitute the 2x2 spinor in magnetic tunnel junctions with noncollinear magnetizations under applied voltage. The calculations have been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-23 M. Chshiev , A. Manchon , A. Kalitsov , N. Ryzhanova , A. Vedyayev , N. Strelkov , W. H. Butler , B. Dieny

Stimulated generally by recent interest in the novel spin Hall effect, the nonrelativistic quantum mechanical conserved currents, taken into account of spin-orbit coupling, are rigorously formulated based on the symmetries of system and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Yong Wang , Ke Xia , Zhao-Bin Su , Zhongshui Ma

Time-reversal symmetry and rotational invariance in spin space characterize usual non-magnetic conductors. These symmetries give rise, at least, to four-fold degenerate multiplets which, by definition, exhibit a null total spin-momentum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-23 Manuel Valin-Rodriguez

Tunneling spin transport characteristics of a magnetic skyrmion are described theoretically in magnetic scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The spin-polarized charge current in STM (SP-STM) and tunneling spin transport vector quantities,…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-05-09 Krisztián Palotás , Levente Rózsa , László Szunyogh

Non-orientable nanostructures are becoming feasable today. This lead us to the study of spin in these geometries. Hence a physically sound definition of spin is suggested. Using our definition, we study the question of the number of…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Rebei

Spin-dependent partial conductances are evaluated in a tight-binding description of electron transport in the presence of spin-orbit (SO) couplings, using transfer-matrix methods. As the magnitude of SO interactions increases, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-03-06 S. L. A. de Queiroz

Resonant behavior involving spin-orbit entangled states occurs for spin transport along a narrow channel defined in a two-dimensional electron gas, including an apparent rapid relaxation of the spin polarization for special values of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-02 D. H. Berman , M. Khodas , M. E. Flatté

The dynamic coupling between spin and charge currents in non-magnetic conductors is considered. As a consequence of this coupling, the spin dynamics is directly reflected in the electrical impedance of the sample, with a relevant frequency…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 P. S. Alekseev , M. I. Dyakonov

Anomalous transport in low dimensional spin chains is an intriguing topic that can offer key insights into the interplay of integrability and symmetry in many-body dynamics. Recent studies have shown that spin-spin correlations in spin…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-06-14 Dipankar Roy , Abhishek Dhar , Herbert Spohn , Manas Kulkarni

Using response theory, we calculate the charge-current vortex generated by spin pumping at a point-like contact in a system with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We discuss the spatial profile of the current density for finite temperature and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-01 Junji Fujimoto , Florian Lange , Satoshi Ejima , Tomonori Shirakawa , Holger Fehske , Seiji Yunoki , Sadamichi Maekawa

We introduce the concept of bond spin current, which describes the spin transport between two sites of the lattice model of a multiterminal spin-orbit (SO) coupled semiconductor nanostructure, and express it in terms of the spin-dependent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Branislav K. Nikolic , Liviu P. Zarbo , Satofumi Souma

The spin current and spin conductivity is computed through thermally driven stochastic process. By evaluating the Kramers equation and with the help of $\vec{k}.\vec{p}$ method we have studied the spin Hall scenario. Due to the thermal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-02 Debashree Chowdhury