Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2006-03-28
Physical Review B 74,075302(2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
7 pages, 4 figs
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.74.075302
In a thin strip of a two-dimensional semiconductor electronic system, spin-orbit coupling may be induced near both edges of the strip due to the substantial spatial variation of the confining potential in the boundary regions. In this paper we show that, in the presence of boundary-confinement induced spin-orbit coupling, a longitudinal charge current circulating through a 2D semiconductor strip may cause \textit{strong} non-equilibrium spin accumulation near both edges of the strip. The spins will be polarized along the normal of the 2DEG plane but in opposite directions at both edges of the strip. This phenomenon is essentially a kinetic magnetoelectric effect from the theoretical points of view, but it manifests in a very similar form as was conceived in a spin Hall effect.
Hu Liangbin
Jiang Yongjin
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