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We examine electronic transport in a spin-blockaded double quantum dot. We show that by tuning the strength of the spin-orbit interaction the current flowing through the double dot exhibits a dip at zero magnetic field or a peak at a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 G. Giavaras , Neill Lambert , Franco Nori

We study spin relaxation in a two-electron quantum dot in the vicinity of the singlet-triplet crossing. The spin relaxation occurs due to a combined effect of the spin-orbit, Zeeman, and electron-phonon interactions. The singlet-triplet…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Vitaly N. Golovach , Alexander Khaetskii , Daniel Loss

We derive a closed-form expression for the weak localization (WL) corrections to the magnetoconductivity of a 2D electron system with arbitrary Rashba $\alpha$ and Dresselhaus $\beta$ (linear) and $\beta_3$ (cubic) spin-orbit interaction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 D. C. Marinescu , Pirmin J. Weigele , J. Carlos Egues , Dominik Zumbühl

We propose an experimental scheme to study spin-orbit coupling effects in a of two-dimensional (2D) Fermi atomic gas cloud by coupling its internal electronic states (pseudospins) to radiation in a delta configuration. The induced…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xiong-Jun Liu , Mario F. Borunda , Xin Liu , Jairo Sinova

We re-express the Rashba and Dresselhaus interactions as non-Abelian spin-orbit gauges and provide a new perspective in understanding the persistent spin helix [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 236601 (2006)]. A spin-orbit interacting system can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-21 Son-Hsien Chen , Ching-Ray Chang

Spin splitting of the energy spectrum of single-layer graphene on Au/Ni(111) substrate has been recently reported. I show that eigenstates of spin-orbit coupled graphene are polarized in-plane and perpendicular to electron momentum $\bf k$;…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Emmanuel I. Rashba

We investigate transport and thermoelectric properties of hybrid systems based on a single-level quantum dot and one superconducting lead. The other lead is generally normal-metallic ferromagnet. In the latter case single-particle transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-03 Piotr Trocha , Józef Barnaś

We have studied the physical processes responsible for the spin -flip in GaAs quantum dots. We have calculated the rates for different mechanisms which are related to spin-orbit coupling and cause a spin-flip during the inelastic relaxation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Alexander V. Khaetskii , Yuli V. Nazarov

Single spins in the solid-state offer a unique opportunity to store and manipulate quantum information, and to perform quantum-enhanced sensing of local fields and charges. Optical control of these systems using techniques developed in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-28 Anthony J. Bennett , Matthew A. Pooley , Yameng Cao , Niklas Sköld , Ian Farrer , David A. Ritchie , Andrew J. Shields

We present results on the effects of spin-orbit coupling on the electronic structure of few-electron interacting quantum dots. The ground-state properties as a function of the number of electrons in the dot $N$ are calculated by means of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Governale

Spin-dependent transport through an interacting single-level quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads with non-collinear magnetizations is analyzed theoretically. The transport properties and average spin of the dot are investigated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. Rudzinski , J. Barnas , R. Swirkowicz , M. Wilczynski

The effects of interplay between spin-orbit coupling and Zeeman splitting on weak localisation and universal conductance fluctuations in lateral semiconductor quantum dots are analysed: All possible symmetry classes of corresponding random…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. L. Aleiner , Vladimir I. Fal'ko

We consider the full driven quantum dynamics of a qubit realized as spin of electron in a one-dimensional double quantum dot with spin-orbit coupling. The driving perturbation is taken in the form of a single half-period pulse of electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-28 D. V. Khomitsky , E. Ya. Sherman

Electron tunneling in ferromagnetic single-electron transistors is considered theoretically in the sequential tunneling regime. A new formalism is developed, which operates in a two-dimensional space of states, instead of one-dimensiona…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Barnas , J. Martinek , G. Michalek , B. R. Bulka , A. Fert

We consider a one-dimensional spin-orbit-coupled nanowire quantum dot, driven by external electric and magnetic fields, and theoretically formulate an electric mechanism to interfere its electron orbits. Owing to the existence of spin-orbit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-20 Jingtao Fan , Yuansen Chen , Gang Chen , Liantuan Xiao , Suotang Jia , Franco Nori

An influence of spin-orbit interaction on the tunneling between two 2D electron layers is considered. Particular attention is addressed to the relation between the contribution of Rashba and Dresselhaus types. It is shown that without…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 I. V. Rozhansky , N. S. Averkiev

The spin-orbit (SO) interaction couples electron spin and momentum via a relativistic, effective magnetic field. While conveniently facilitating coherent spin manipulation in semiconductors, the SO interaction also inherently causes spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-17 F. Dettwiler , J. Fu , S. Mack , P. J. Weigele , J. C. Egues , D. D. Awschalom , D. M. Zumbühl

We derive the eigenenergies and eigenstates of electrons in a quantum wire subjected to an external magnetic field. These are calculated in the presence of spin orbit interactions arising from the Rashba (structural inversion asymmetry) and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Bandyopadhyay , S. Pramanik , M. Cahay

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 spin Hall effect is investigated in a high mobility two dimensional electron system with the spin-orbital coupling of both the Rashba and the Dresselhaus types. A spin current perpendicular to the electric field is generated by either…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shun-Qing Shen