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与自旋-轨道相互作用区接触的正常二维电子气中的自旋流

Spin currents in a normal two-dimensional electron gas in contact with a spin-orbit interaction region

Aleksei A. Sukhanov, Vladimir A. Sablikov, Yurii Ya. Tkach

摘要:

研究了正常二维电子气与具有自旋轨道相互作用的二维区域横向接触时的自旋效应。这个系统的特点是存在的自旋相关的散射的电子从界面。这导致了一个平衡的边缘自旋电流和非平凡的自旋响应的粒子流。我们调查的自旋电流和自旋密度的非平衡条件下所造成的弹道电子流垂直或平行于界面的空间分布。发现平行电子流在界面附近产生自旋密度,并改变边缘自旋流。垂直的电子流改变成比例的电子电流的边缘自旋电流,并产生大量的自旋电流渗透到正常区域深处。该自旋电流具有两个分量,其中一个分量垂直于界面并且平行于界面极化,第二个分量平行于界面并且在垂直于接触线的平面中极化。两种自旋电流都具有高度极化($\sim 40-60%$)。

英文摘要:

Spin effects in a normal two-dimensional (2D) electron gas in lateral contact with a 2D region with spin-orbit interaction are studied. The peculiarity of this system is the presence of spin-dependent scattering of electrons from the interface. This results in an equilibrium edge spin current and nontrivial spin responses to a particle current. We investigate the spatial distribution of the spin currents and spin density under non-equilibrium conditions caused by a ballistic electron current flowing normal or parallel to the interface. The parallel electron current is found to generate the spin density near the interface and to change the edge spin current. The perpendicular electron current changes the edge spin current proportionally to the electron current and produces a bulk spin current penetrating deep into the normal region. This spin current has two components, one of which is directed normal to the interface and polarized parallel to it, and the second is parallel to the interface and is polarized in the plane perpendicular to the contact line. Both spin currents have a high degree of polarization ($\sim 40-60%$).

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