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We investigate intersubband mixing effects in multichannel quantum wires in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling and attached to two terminals. When the contacts are ferromagnetic and their magnetization direction is perpendicular to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-29 M. M. Gelabert , Llorens Serra , David Sanchez , Rosa Lopez

Spin-orbit splitting of conduction band in HgTe quantum wells was studied experimentally. In order to recognize the role of different mechanisms, we carried out detailed measurements of the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in gated structures…

We study the tunability of the spin-orbit interaction in a two-dimensional electron gas with a front and a back gate electrode by monitoring the spin precession frequency of drifting electrons using time-resolved Kerr rotation. The Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-14 M. Studer , G. Salis , K. Ensslin , D. C. Driscoll , A. C. Gossard

We study single and double quantum dots defined electrostatically within silicene. The spin-valley structure of the confined single- and two-electron system is determined and the effects of the intervalley scattering induced by the crystal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 B. Szafran , D. Zebrowski

We investigate the transmission properties of a spin transistor coupled to two quantum point contacts acting as spin injector and detector. In the Fabry-Perot regime, transport is mediated by quasibound states formed between tunnel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-10 M. I. Alomar , Llorenç Serra , David Sanchez

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 theoretically the combined effects of the electron-electron and the Rashba spin-orbit interactions on two electrons confined in quasi-one-dimensional AlInSb-based double quantum dots. We calculate the two-electron wave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 C. L. Romano , P. I. Tamborenea , S. E. Ulloa

The intrinsic spin Hall conductance shows rich sign changes by applying a perpendicular magnetic field in a two-dimensional hole gas. Especially, a notable sign changes can be achieved by adjusting the characteristic length of the Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tianxing Ma , Qin Liu

The conductance modulations in spin field-effect transistors under finite bias voltages were studied. It was shown that when a finite bias voltage is applied between two terminals of a spin field-effect transistor, the spin precession…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Liangbin Hu , Ju Gao , Shun-Qing Shen

A spin interferometer utilizing the Rashba effect is proposed. The novel design is composed of a one-dimensional (1D) straight wire and a 1D half-ring. By calculating the norm of the superposed wave function, we derive analytical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 Ming-Hao Liu , Kuo-Wei Chen , Son-Hsien Chen , Ching-Ray Chang

The interplay of Rashba and quantum spin Hall effects in non-centrosymmetric systems presents both challenges and opportunities for spintronic applications. While Rashba spin-orbit coupling can disrupt the quantum spin Hall phase, their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-02 Jun-Jie Zhang , Shuai Dong

In transition-metal dichalcogenides, electrons in the K-valleys can experience both Ising and Rashba spin-orbit couplings. In this work, we show that the coexistence of Ising and Rashba spin-orbit couplings leads to a special type of valley…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-04 Benjamin T. Zhou , Katsuhisa Taguchi , Yuki Kawaguchi , Yukio Tanaka , K. T. Law

We study the effect of the spin-orbit interaction on heavy holes confined in a double quantum dot in the presence of a magnetic field of arbitrary direction. Rich physics arise as the two hole states of different spin are not only coupled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-01 Philipp M. Mutter , Guido Burkard

We study hole spin resonance in a p-channel silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor. In the sub-threshold region, the measured source-drain current reveals a double dot in the channel. The observed spin resonance spectra…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-18 Keiji Ono , G. Giavaras , Tetsufumi Tanamoto , T. Ohguro , Xuedong Hu , Franco Nori

We report on numerical simulations of the intrinsic spin Hall effect in semiconductor quantum wires as a function of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling strength, the electron density, and the width of the wire. We find that the strength of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-18 A. W. Cummings , R. Akis , D. K. Ferry

InAs quantum well heterostructures are of considerable interest for mesoscopic device applications such as scanning probe and magnetic recording sensors, which require the channel to be close to the surface. Here we report on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Masaya Nishioka , Bruce A. Gurney , Ernesto E. Marinero , Francisco Mireles

A two dimensional hopping system with Rashba spin-orbit interaction is considered. Our main interest is concerned with the evolution of the spin degree of freedom of the electrons. We derive the rate equations governing the evolution of the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Damker , H. Boettger , V. V. Bryksin

We present an exact, analytic solution of the spin dependent quantum transport problem with spin-orbit interaction in a one-dimensional mesoscopic ring with one input and two output leads. We demonstrate that for appropriate parameters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-01-24 Orsolya Kalman , Peter Foldi , Mihaly G. Benedict , F. M. Peeters

The rapid progress of hole spin qubits in group IV semiconductors has been driven by their potential for scalability. This is owed to the compatibility with industrial manufacturing standards, as well as the ease of operation and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-19 Angus Russell , Alexander Zotov , Ruichen Zhao , Andrew S. Dzurak , M. Fernando Gonzalez-Zalba , Alessandro Rossi

We analyze the proper inclusion of electric-field-induced spin splittings in the framework of the envelope function approximation. We argue that the Rashba effect should be included in the form of a macroscopic potential as diagonal terms…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 U. Ekenberg , D. M. Gvozdic