TY - GEN
T1 - Exchange-stabilization of Spin accumulation in the two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba-type of spin-orbit interaction
AU - Saarikoski, Henri M.
AU - Bauer, Gerrit E.W.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Spin accumulation is a crucial but imprecise concept in spintronics., the science that strives to harness the electron spin for the benefit of information and communication technology. In metal-based spintronics it is characterized in terms of semiclassical distribution functions. In semiconductors with a strong spin-orbit coupling the spin accumulation is instead described as superpositions of coherent eigenstates. Here we present theoretical arguments that both views of the spin accumulation can be reconciled by taking into account the electron-electron interaction: a sufficiently strong self-consistent exchange field reduces a spin accumulation to a chemical potential difference between the two spin bands even in the presence of spin-orbit coupling. We demonstrate the idea on a clean two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) by showing how the exchange field protects a spin accumulation from dephasing.
AB - Spin accumulation is a crucial but imprecise concept in spintronics., the science that strives to harness the electron spin for the benefit of information and communication technology. In metal-based spintronics it is characterized in terms of semiclassical distribution functions. In semiconductors with a strong spin-orbit coupling the spin accumulation is instead described as superpositions of coherent eigenstates. Here we present theoretical arguments that both views of the spin accumulation can be reconciled by taking into account the electron-electron interaction: a sufficiently strong self-consistent exchange field reduces a spin accumulation to a chemical potential difference between the two spin bands even in the presence of spin-orbit coupling. We demonstrate the idea on a clean two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) by showing how the exchange field protects a spin accumulation from dephasing.
KW - Rashba
KW - Spin accumulation
KW - Spin-orbit interaction
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U2 - 10.1142/9789814282130_0023
DO - 10.1142/9789814282130_0023
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84903828291
SN - 981428212X
SN - 9789814282123
T3 - Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of New Technology, ISQM-Tokyo 2008
SP - 99
EP - 104
BT - Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of New Technology, ISQM-Tokyo 2008
PB - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
T2 - 9th International Symposium on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of New Technology, ISQM-Tokyo 2008
Y2 - 25 August 2008 through 28 August 2008
ER -