Theory of spin-Hall transport of heavy holes in semiconductor quantum wells

Details Theory of spin-Hall transport of heavy holes in semiconductor quantum wells Theory of spin-Hall transport of heavy holes in semiconductor quantum wells

2006-04-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0604539v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

6 pages, submitted to J. Phys.: Condens. Matter

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-8984/18/31/039

Based on a proper definition of the spin current, we investigate the spin-Hall effect of heavy holes in narrow quantum wells in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling by using a spin-density matrix approach. In contrast to previous results obtained on the basis of the conventional definition of the spin current, we arrive at the conclusion that an electric-field-induced steady-state spin-Hall current does not exist in both, pure and disordered infinite samples. Only an ac field can induce a spin-Hall effect in such systems.

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