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Thermoelectric coefficients of a two dimensional electron gas with the Rashba spin-orbit interaction are presented here. In absence of magnetic field, thermoelectric coefficients are enhanced due to the Rashba spin-orbit interaction. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-02 S. K. Firoz Islam , Tarun Kanti Ghosh

Near-surface two-dimensional electron gases on the topological insulator Bi$_2$Te$_2$Se are induced by electron doping and studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. A pronounced spin-orbit splitting is observed for these states.…

We consider a two-dimensional system of harmonically trapped particles with pseudo-spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ degree of freedom. This degree of freedom is coupled to the particle's momentum via the so-called Rashba spin-orbit interaction. We…

Aiming at the optimization of the spin diffusion length in (001) GaAs quantum wells, we explore the effect of the anisotropy of the spin-orbit coupling on the competition between the Rashba and the Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings by…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 J. L. Cheng , M. W. Wu , I. C. da Cunha Lima

We present an analytic solution to the problem of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling in semiconductor quantum dots. We calculate the exact energy spectrum, wave-functions, and spin--flip relaxation times. We discuss various effects inaccessible…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Tsitsishvili , G. S. Lozano , A. O. Gogolin

For the two-dimensional ideal electron gas with the Rashba spin-orbit interaction and in the presence of non-magnetic short-ranged potential impurities the spin-Hall conductivity $\sigma_{sH}$ is found by direct microscopic calculation.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ol'ga V. Dimitrova

The recent realization of synthetic spin-orbit coupling represents an outstanding achievement in the physics of ultracold quantum gases. In this review we explore the properties of a spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensate with equal…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-04-05 Yun Li , Giovanni I. Martone , Sandro Stringari

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

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 influence of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling on the electron spin dynamics is investigated for a ballistic semiconductor quantum wire with a finite width. We monitor the spin evolution using the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Manuel Valin-Rodriguez , Antonio Puente , Llorens Serra

We provide a theoretical framework for the electric field control of the electron spin in systems with diffusive electron motion. The approach is valid in the experimentally important case where both intrinsic and extrinsic spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-10 R. Raimondi , P. Schwab

We have studied transport properties in a two-dimensional electron gas with equal Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions under a perpendicular magnetic field. By employing the exact solution for this system, we found resonant charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Degang Zhang , Yao-Ming Mu , C. S. Ting

The spin-sensitive charge oscillation, controlled by an external magnetic field, was recently proposed as a mechanism of transformations of qubits, defined as two-electron spin-charge Wannier molecules in a square quantum dot. The paper…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-30 Ambroz Kregar , Anton Ramsak

The D'yakonov-Perel' spin relaxation induced by the spin-orbit interaction is examined in disordered two-dimensional electron gas. It is shown that, because of the electron-electron interactions different spin relaxation rates can be…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2010-11-16 Alexander Punnoose , Alexander M. Finkel'stein

We argue that the ground state of a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling realizes one of several possible liquid crystalline or Wigner crystalline phases in the low-density limit, even for short-range repulsive…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-01-25 Erez Berg , Mark S. Rudner , Steven A. Kivelson

In the presence of spin-orbit interactions, the steady state established for spin distributions in an electric field is qualitatively different from the steady state for charge distributions. This is primarily because the steady state…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Dimitrie Culcer , Roland Winkler

We study the linear response spin Hall conductivity of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the presence of the Rashba spin orbit interaction in the diffusive transport regime. When defect scattering is modeled by isotropic short-range…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jun-ichiro Inoue , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Laurens W. Molenkamp

Spin-orbit coupling is a manifestation of special relativity. In the reference frame of a moving electron, electric fields transform into magnetic fields, which interact with the electron spin and lift the degeneracy of spin-up and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-09-18 Lorenz Meier , Gian Salis , Ivan Shorubalko , Emilio Gini , Silke Schoen , Klaus Ensslin

We study spin conductance in a ballistic and quasi-ballistic two dimensional electron system with Rasbha spin-orbit coupling. The system has a four-terminal geometry with round corners at the connection to the leads. It is found that by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-08 Gunnar Thorgilsson , Sigurdur I. Erlingsson

We investigate the spin-dependent transport properties of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) systems formed in diluted magnetic semiconductors and in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction in the framework of the scattering matrix…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Anh T. Ngo , J. M. Villas-Boas , Sergio E. Ulloa