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Coherent spin ratchets: A spin-orbit based quantum ratchet mechanism for spin-polarized currents in ballistic conductors
Scheid, Matthias, Pfund, Andreas, Bercioux, Dario
and Richter, Klaus
(2007)
Coherent spin ratchets: A spin-orbit based quantum ratchet mechanism for spin-polarized currents in ballistic conductors.
Physical Review B (PRB) 76 (19), p. 195303.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 05 Aug 2009 13:40
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.2539
Abstract
We demonstrate that the combined effect of a spatially periodic potential, lateral confinement, and spin-orbit interaction gives rise to a quantum ratchet mechanism for spin-polarized currents in two-dimensional coherent conductors. Upon adiabatic ac driving, in the absence of a net static bias, the system generates a directed spin current while the total charge current is zero. We analyze the ...
We demonstrate that the combined effect of a spatially periodic potential, lateral confinement, and spin-orbit interaction gives rise to a quantum ratchet mechanism for spin-polarized currents in two-dimensional coherent conductors. Upon adiabatic ac driving, in the absence of a net static bias, the system generates a directed spin current while the total charge current is zero. We analyze the underlying mechanism by employing symmetry properties of the scattering matrix and numerically verify the effect for different setups of ballistic conductors. The spin current direction can be changed upon tuning the Fermi energy or the strength of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling.
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| Item type | Article | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review B (PRB) | ||||||||
| Publisher: | AMER PHYSICAL SOC | ||||||||
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| Open Access Type: | Due to SHERPA/RoMEO | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | COLLEGE PK | ||||||||
| Volume: | 76 | ||||||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 19 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | p. 195303 | ||||||||
| Date | 2 November 2007 | ||||||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter | ||||||||
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| Keywords | MAGNETIC-FIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR; MOTORS; | ||||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||||||
| Status | Published | ||||||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-25393 | ||||||||
| Item ID | 2539 |
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