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Nonlinear spin Hall effect in GaAs (110) quantum wells

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: We consider a stationary spin current in a (110)-oriented GaAs-based symmetric quantum well due to a nonlinear response to an external periodic electric field. The model assumed includes the Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction and the random Rashba spin-orbit coupling. The Dresselhaus term is uniform in the quantum well plane and gives rise to spin splitting of the electron band. The external electric field of frequency $\ensuremath{\omega}$---in the presence of random Rashba coupling---leads to virtual spin-flip transitions between spin subbands, generating a stationary pure spin current proportional to the square of the field amplitude.

Source: Physical Review B

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.84.085326

Authors: V. I. Ivanov, V. K. Dugaev, E. Ya. Sherman, J. Barnaś

Institutions: Frantsevich Institute for Problems in Materials Science, Rzeszów University of Technology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Ikerbasque, University of the Basque Country, Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Quantum and electron transport phenomena

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2045978726

FWCI: 0.173

Cites: 43

Cited by: 3

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