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Extracting current-induced spins: spin boundary conditions at narrow Hall contacts
Adagideli, İnanç
, Scheid, Matthias, Wimmer, Michael
, Bauer, G. E. W.
and Richter, Klaus
(2007)
Extracting current-induced spins: spin boundary conditions at narrow Hall contacts.
New Journal of Physics 9, pp. 382-399.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 05 Aug 2009 13:40
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.2575
Abstract
We consider the possibility to extract spins that are generated by an electric current in a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba - Dresselhaus spin - orbit interaction ( R2DEG) in the Hall geometry. To this end, we discuss boundary conditions for the spin accumulations between a spin - orbit (SO) coupled region and a contact without SO coupling, i.e. a normal two-dimensional electron gas ...
We consider the possibility to extract spins that are generated by an electric current in a two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba - Dresselhaus spin - orbit interaction ( R2DEG) in the Hall geometry. To this end, we discuss boundary conditions for the spin accumulations between a spin - orbit (SO) coupled region and a contact without SO coupling, i.e. a normal two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). We demonstrate that in contrast to contacts that extend along the whole sample, a spin accumulation can diffuse into the normal region through finite contacts and be detected by e.g. ferromagnets. For an impedance-matched narrow contact the spin accumulation in the 2DEG is equal to the current induced spin accumulation in the bulk of R2DEG up to a geometry-dependent numerical factor.
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| Item type | Article | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title | New Journal of Physics | ||||||
| Publisher: | IOP PUBLISHING LTD | ||||||
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| Place of Publication: | BRISTOL | ||||||
| Volume: | 9 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 382-399 | ||||||
| Date | 24 October 2007 | ||||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics | ||||||
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| Keywords | QUANTUM TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC-CURRENT; SEMICONDUCTORS; POLARIZATION; ORIENTATION; SYSTEMS; FIELD; | ||||||
| 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-25757 | ||||||
| Item ID | 2575 |
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