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Adagideli, İnanç ; Scheid, Matthias ; Wimmer, Michael ; Bauer, G. E. W. ; Richter, Klaus

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 typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleNew Journal of Physics
Publisher:IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Place of Publication:BRISTOL
Volume:9
Page Range:pp. 382-399
Date24 October 2007
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Theroretical Physics
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10.1088/1367-2630/9/10/382DOI
0708.0244arXiv ID
KeywordsQUANTUM TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC-CURRENT; SEMICONDUCTORS; POLARIZATION; ORIENTATION; SYSTEMS; FIELD;
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-25757
Item ID2575

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