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We analyze equilibrium spin currents in a 2D electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit interaction (Rashba medium). In a uniform Rashba medium these currents are constant, and their ability to really transport spin is not evident. But even weak…

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We investigate electronic transport in a three-terminal hybrid system, composed by an interacting quantum dot tunnel coupled to one superconducting, one ferromagnetic, and one normal lead. Despite the tendency of the charging energy to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-07 David Futterer , Michele Governale , Jürgen König

We study a symmetrical double quantum dot (DD) system with strong capacitive inter-dot coupling using renormalization group methods. The dots are attached to separate leads, and there can be a weak tunneling between them. In the regime…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 L. Borda , G. Zarand , W. Hofstetter , B. I. Halperin , J. von Delft

We investigate HgTe/Nb-based three-terminal Josephson junctions in T-shaped and X-shaped geometries and their critical current contours (CCCs). By decomposing the CCCs into the contributions from individual junctions, we uncover how bias…

An unpolarized charge current passing through a chaotic quantum dot with spin-orbit coupling can produce a spin polarized exit current without magnetic fields or ferromagnets. We use random matrix theory to estimate the typical spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jacob J. Krich , Bertrand I. Halperin

In this work, we have studied the spin dynamics of a synthethic Antiferromagnet (SAFM)$|$Heavy Metal (HM)$|$Ferromagnet (FM) double barrier magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) in presence of Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoside interaction (RKKYI),…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-10-30 Reeta Devi , Nimisha Dutta , Arindam Boruah , Saumen Acharjee

Theoretical investigations of spin transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions using the tight-binding model in the framework of non-equilibrium Green functions formalism are presented. We show that the behavior of the spin transfer torque…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Chshiev , I. Theodonis , A. Kalitsov , N. Kioussis , W. H. Butler

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

We have studied the magnetoresistance (TMR) of tunnel junctions with electrodes of La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 and we show how the variation of the conductance and TMR with the bias voltage can be exploited to obtain a precise information on the spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-16 M. Bowen , A. Barthélémy , M. Bibes , E. Jacquet , J. -P. Contour , A. Fert , F. Ciccacci , L. Dùo , R. Bertacco

We study theoretically spin transport through a single-molecule magnet (SMM) in the sequential and cotunneling regimes, where the SMM is weakly coupled to one ferromagnetic and one normalmetallic leads. By a master-equation approach, it is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-19 Haiqing Xie , Fuming Xu , Hujun Jiao , Qiang Wang , J. -Q. Liang

We study theoretically the effect of spin relaxation on the spin transport in a ferromagnet/superconductor(FM/SC) tunnel junction. When spin-polarized electrons are injected into the SC from the FM, nonequilibrium spin accumulation as well…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 T. Yamashita , S. Takahashi , H. Imamura , S. 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

We present a theoretical study of current noise of a resonant tunnel junction coupled to a nanomechanical oscillator within the non-equilibrium Green's function technique. An arbitrary voltage is applied to the tunnel junction and electrons…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-21 M. Tahir , A. MacKinnon

Transition metal compounds with the $(t_{2g})^4$ electronic configuration are expected to be nonmagnetic atomic singlets both in the weakly interacting regime due to spin-orbit coupling, as well as in the Coulomb dominated regime with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-01-16 Christopher Svoboda , Mohit Randeria , Nandini Trivedi

Spin-polarized transport through a marginal Fermi liquid (MFL) which is connected to two noncollinear ferromagnets via tunnel junctions is discussed in terms of the nonequilibrium Green function approach. It is found that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Hai-Feng Mu , Gang Su , Qing-Rong Zheng , Biao Jin

We investigate transport of correlated fermions through a junction of three one-dimensional quantum wires pierced by a magnetic flux. We determine the flow of the conductance as a function of a low-energy cutoff in the entire parameter…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 X. Barnabe-Theriault , A. Sedeki , V. Meden , K. Schoenhammer

We determine, using a self consistent method, the charge and spin currents in ballistic Josephson junctions consisting of ferromagnetic ($F$) layers sandwiched between superconducting ($S$) electrodes ($SFS$-type junctions). When there are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-11-24 Klaus Halterman , Oriol T. Valls , Chien-Te Wu

We investigate electron transporting through a two-dimensional ferromagnetic/normal/ferromagnetic tunnel junction on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator with taking into $\delta$ doping account. It is found that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-05 Jian-Hui Yuan , Yan Zhang , Daizheng Huang , Qinhu Zhong , Xin Zhang

The electronic states of a mesoscopic ring are assessed in the presence of Rashba Spin Orbit coupling and a $U(1)$ gauge field. Spin symmetric coupling to an ideal lead is implemented following B\"uttiker's voltage probe. The exact density…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-23 Michael Ellner , Nelson Bolívar , Bertrand Berche , Ernesto Medina

Effective control of magnetic phases in two-dimensional magnets would constitute crucial progress in spintronics, holding great potential for future computing technologies. Here, we report a new approach of leveraging tunneling current as a…