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Quantum Dissipative Rashba Spin Ratchets
Smirnov, Sergey
, Bercioux, Dario
, Grifoni, Milena and Richter, Klaus
(2008)
Quantum Dissipative Rashba Spin Ratchets.
Physical Review Letters (PRL) 100 (23), p. 230601.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 05 Aug 2009 13:57
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.7804
Abstract
We predict the possibility to generate a finite stationary spin current by applying an unbiased ac driving to a quasi-one-dimensional asymmetric periodic structure with Rashba spin-orbit interaction and strong dissipation. We show that under a finite coupling strength between the orbital degrees of freedom the electron dynamics at low temperatures exhibits a pure spin ratchet behavior, i.e., a ...
We predict the possibility to generate a finite stationary spin current by applying an unbiased ac driving to a quasi-one-dimensional asymmetric periodic structure with Rashba spin-orbit interaction and strong dissipation. We show that under a finite coupling strength between the orbital degrees of freedom the electron dynamics at low temperatures exhibits a pure spin ratchet behavior, i.e., a finite spin current and the absence of charge transport in spatially asymmetric structures. It is also found that the equilibrium spin currents are not destroyed by the presence of strong dissipation.
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| Item type | Article | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review Letters (PRL) | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | AMER PHYSICAL SOC | ||||||||||
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| Place of Publication: | COLLEGE PK | ||||||||||
| Volume: | 100 | ||||||||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 23 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | p. 230601 | ||||||||||
| Date | 11 June 2008 | ||||||||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter | ||||||||||
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| 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-78041 | ||||||||||
| Item ID | 7804 |
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