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We study the effects of Rashba spin-orbit coupling on two-dimensional Rydberg exciton systems. Using analytical and numerical arguments we demonstrate that this coupling considerably modifies the wave functions and leads to a level…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-23 V. A. Stephanovich , E. Ya. Sherman , N. T. Zinner , O. V. Marchukov

We study a model of an electron on a cylindrical surface, which is coupled to the torsion field due to a dislocation along the axis of the cylinder. We discuss the effect of this torsion field on the energy spectrum of the electrons and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-23 Debabrata Sinha

Disorder scattering and spin-orbit coupling are together responsible for the diffusion and relaxation of spin-density in time-reversal invariant systems. We study spin-relaxation and diffusion in a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-24 Yasufumi Araki , Guru Khalsa , Allan H. MacDonald

Scattering of electrons from chiral spin textures such as the skyrmions is an emerging research area due to its richness in topological quantum transport, which is significant for spintronic devices. We study the dynamical process of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Hareram Swain , Arijit Mandal , S. Satpathy , B. R. K. Nanda

In 1984, Bychkov and Rashba introduced a simple form of spin-orbit coupling to explain certain peculiarities in the electron spin resonance of two-dimensional semiconductors. Over the past thirty years, similar ideas have been leading to a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 A. Manchon , H. C. Koo , J. Nitta , S. M. Frolov , R. A. Duine

We study the edge states in a two dimensional electron gas with a transverse magnetic field and Rashba spin-orbit coupling. In the bulk, the interplay between the external field perpendicular to the gas plane and the spin-orbit coupling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Reynoso , Gonzalo Usaj , M. J. Sanchez , C. A. Balseiro

Magnetotunnelling spectroscopy of resonant tunnelling structures provides information on the nature of the two-dimensional electron gas in the well. We describe a model based on nonequilibrium Green's functions that allows for a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Goran Isić , Dragan Indjin , Vitomir Milanović , Jelena Radovanović , Zoran Ikonić , Paul Harrison

We study the electronic band structure of monolayer graphene when Rashba spin-orbit coupling is present. We show that if the Rashba spin-orbit coupling is stronger than the intrinsic spin-orbit coupling, the low energy bands undergo…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-10-05 Peter Rakyta , Andor Kormanyos , Jozsef Cserti

The Rashba effect as an electrically tunable spin-orbit interaction is the base for a multitude of possible applications such as spin filters, spin transistors, and quantum computing using Majorana states in nanowires. Moreover, this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-13 Jan Raphael Bindel , Mike Pezzotta , Jascha Ulrich , Marcus Liebmann , Eugene Sherman , Markus Morgenstern

The spin-split states subject to Rashba spin-orbit coupling in two-dimensional systems have long been accepted as pointing inplane and perpendicular to the corresponding wave vectors. This is in general true for free electron model, but…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-13 Ming-Hao Liu , Ching-Ray Chang

We propose a concept of surface plasmon-polariton amplification in the structure comprising interface between dielectric, metal and asymmetric quantum well. Due to the Rashba spin-orbit interaction, mimina of dispersion relation for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-15 I. V. Iorsh , V. M. Kovalev , M. A. Kaliteevski , I. G. Savenko

A microscopic approach is developed to scattering of surface states from a non-magnetic linear defect at a surface with strong spin-orbit interaction. Spin-selective reflection resonances in scattering of Rashba-split surface states by an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 I. A. Nechaev , E. E. Krasovskii

Magneto-transport properties of a two-dimensional electron gas in a chain of planar quantum rings are investigated under the Rashba spin-orbit interaction and a transverse homogeneous magnetic field. A modulation potential function models…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-30 Armen Harutyunyan

Spin-orbit coupling is a single-particle phenomenon known to generate topological order, and electron-electron interactions cause ordered many-body phases to exist. The rich interplay of these two mechanisms is present in a broad range of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-20 Weizhe Edward Liu , Stefano Chesi , David Webb , U. Zuelicke , R. Winkler , Robert Joynt , Dimitrie Culcer

The spin-degeneracy of Bloch bands in a crystal can be lifted when spin-orbit (SO) coupling is present and inversion symmetry is absent. In two-dimensional electron systems (2DES) spin-degeneracy is lifted by Rashba interaction terms -…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-07-16 Guru Khalsa , Byounghak Lee , A. H. MacDonald

We predict two spin-dependent transport phenomena in two-dimensional electron systems, which are induced by spatially fluctuating Rashba spin-orbit interaction. When the electron gas is magnetized, the random Rashba interaction leads to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-26 V. K. Dugaev , M. Inglot , E. Ya. Sherman , J. Berakdar , J. Barnas

Rashba spin-orbit coupling appears in 2D systems lacking inversion symmetry, and causes the spin-splitting of otherwise degenerate energy bands into an upper and lower helicity band. In this paper, we explore how impurity scattering affects…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-26 Joel Hutchinson , Joseph Maciejko

We study the spin dynamics of two dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) with Rashba spin-orbit coupling by taking account of electron-electron interactions. The diffusion equations for charge and spin densities are derived by making use of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Yuan Li , You-Quan Li

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

The non-equilibrium transportation of two-dimensional electrons through a narrow channel is investigated under the influence of the Rashba interaction. By introducing suitable lifetime in the Green's function, the average spin values can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-16 Yi-Ying Chin , Jui-Yu Chiu , Ming-Che Chang , Chung-Yu Mou