Onsager relations in a two-dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit coupling

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-310703
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.31070

Gorini, Cosimo ; Raimondi, Roberto ; Schwab, Peter

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Abstract

Theory predicts for the two-dimensional electron gas with only a Rashba spin-orbit interaction a vanishing spin Hall conductivity and at the same time a finite inverse spin Hall effect. We show how these seemingly contradictory results are compatible with the Onsager relations: The latter do hold for spin and particle (charge) currents in the two-dimensional electron gas, although (i) their form ...