Radial Spin Helix in Two-Dimensional Electron Systems with Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling

Details Radial Spin Helix in Two-Dimensional Electron Systems with Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling Radial Spin Helix in Two-Dimensional Electron Systems with Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling

2010-07-06

arxiv.org/abs/1007.0853v1

Physical Review B 82, 125325 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

9 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.82.125325

We suggest a long-lived spin polarization structure, a radial spin helix, and study its relaxation dynamics. For this purpose, starting with a simple and physically clear consideration of spin transport, we derive a system of equations for spin polarization density and find its general solution in the axially symmetric case. It is demonstrated that the radial spin helix of a certain period relaxes slower than homogeneous spin polarization and plain spin helix. Importantly, the spin polarization at the center of the radial spin helix stays almost unchanged at short times. At longer times, when the initial non-exponential relaxation region ends, the relaxation of the radial spin helix occurs with the same time constant as that describing the relaxation of the plain spin helix.

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