Spin Currents Induced by Nonuniform Rashba-Type Spin-Orbit Field
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2015-06-03 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
We study the spin relaxation torque in nonmagnetic or ferromagnetic metals with nonuniform spin-orbit coupling within the Keldysh Green's function formalism. In non-magnet, the relaxation torque is shown to arise when the spin-orbit coupling is not uniform. In the absence of an external field, the spin current induced by the relaxation torque is proportional to the vector chirality of Rashba-type spin-orbit field (RSOF). In the presence of an external field, on the other hand, spin relaxation torque arises from the coupling of the external field and vector chirality of RSOF. Our result indicates that spin-sink or source effects are controlled by designing RSOF in junctions.
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@article{arxiv.1111.1197,
title = {Spin Currents Induced by Nonuniform Rashba-Type Spin-Orbit Field},
author = {Kazuhiro Tsutsui and Akihito Takeuchi and Gen Tatara and Shuichi Murakami},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.1197},
year = {2015}
}
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