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In the present work we investigate the behavior of all three components of persistent spin current in a quasi-periodic Fibonacci ring subjected to Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions. Analogous to persistent charge current in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-03 Moumita Patra , Santanu K. Maiti

Using the recently proposed definition of a conserved spin-current operator [J. Shi et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 076604 (2006)] we explore the frequency dependent spin Hall conductivity for a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Arturo Wong , Jesus A. Maytorena , Catalina Lopez-Bastidas , Francisco Mireles

Equilibrium spin-current is calculated in a quasi-two-dimensional electron gas with finite thickness under in-plane magnetic field and in the presence of Rashba- and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions. The transverse confinement is modeled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 E. Nakhmedov , O. Alekperov

Starting from a continuum constituted by charged tops, we formulate the classical counterpart of a previously obtained covariant continuity-like equation for the spin current. Such a formulism provides an intuitive picture to elucidate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-04-19 Pei-Qing Jin , You-Quan Li

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

The spin-orbit coupling systems with a zero magnetic field is studied under the equilibrium situation, {\it i.e.}, without a voltage bias. A persistent spin current is predicted to exist under most circumstances, although the persistent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

We study spin-orbital coupling effect on the Josephson current through a superconductor (SC) heterojunction, consisting of two s-wave superconductors and a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer between them. The Rashba-type (RSOC)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Z. H. Yang , Y. H. Yang , J. Wang , K. S. Chan

Determination of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction strengths in a particular sample remains a challenge even today. In this article we investigate the possibilities of measuring the absolute values of these interaction strengths…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-20 Santanu K. Maiti

Electronic transport in a one-dimensional mesoscopic ring threaded by a magnetic flux is studied in presence of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions. A completely analytical technique within a tight-binding formalism unveils the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-30 Santanu K. Maiti , Moumita Dey , Shreekantha Sil , Arunava Chakrabarti , S. N. Karmakar

We studied the electric current induced in a two-dimensional electron gas by the spin current, in the presence of Rashba and cubic Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions. We found out that the factor relating these currents is not universal,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 L. Y. Wang , A. G. Mal'shukov , C. S. Chu

The generation of spin current and spin polarization in 2DEG Rashba system is considered, in which the spin-orbital coupling (SOC) is modulated by an ac gate voltage. By using non-Abelian gauge field method, we show the presence of an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-18 Cong Son Ho , Mansoor B. A. Jalil , Seng Ghee Tan

The non-linear transport of charge and spin due to the emergence of band geometric effects has garnered much interest in recent years. In this work, we show that a linear in-plane spin current vanishes, whereas a non-linear (second-order)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Srijan Chatterjee , Tarun Kanti Ghosh

Based on the finite $U$ slave boson method, we have investigated the effect of Rashba spin-orbit(SO) coupling on the persistent charge and spin currents in mesoscopic ring with an Anderson impurity. It is shown that the Kondo effect will…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Guo-Hui Ding , Bing Dong

The conventional definition of spin-current, namely spin density multiplied by the group velocity, is not a conserved quantity due to possible spin rotations caused by spin-orbit (SO) interaction. However, in a model with spin-spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian Wang , Baigeng Wang , Wei Ren , Hong Guo

Spin current is a central theme in spintronics, and its generation is a keen issue. The spin-polarized current injection from the ferromagnet, spin battery, and spin Hall effect have been used to generate spin current, but Ohmic currents in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-11-05 James Jun He , Kanta Hiroki , Keita Hamamoto , Naoto Nagaosa

Spin currents in a two dimensional electron gas with Rashba-type spin orbit coupling are derived from a spin connection. Using a functional integral method, we recover the result derived by Sinova {\em et al.}$[ \mathrm{Phys.Rev. Lett. 92,…

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

Spin and electric Hall currents are calculated numerically in a two-dimensional mesoscopic system with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling by means of the Landauer-Buttiker formalism. It is found that both electric and spin Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jian Li , Liangbin Hu , Shun-Qing Shen

Pumping of charge current by spin dynamics in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction is theoretically studied. Considering disordered electron, the exchange coupling and spin-orbit interactions are treated perturbatively. It is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jun-ichiro Ohe , Akihito Takeuchi , Gen Tatara

Non-magnetic materials without inversion symmetry typically exhibit strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC), enabling the well-known Rashba Edelstein effect where an external electrical current induces transverse spin polarisation. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-28 Akash Dey , Ashis K. Nandy , Kush Saha

The existence of spin-currents in absence of any driving external fields is commonly considered an exotic phenomenon appearing only in quantum materials, such as topological insulators. We demonstrate instead that equilibrium spin currents…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-20 Andrea Droghetti , Ivan Rungger , Angel Rubio , Ilya V. Tokatly