Spin Filtering in a Nonuniform Quantum Wire with Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction

Details Spin Filtering in a Nonuniform Quantum Wire with Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction Spin Filtering in a Nonuniform Quantum Wire with Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction

2009-06-19

arxiv.org/abs/0906.3561v1

Phys. Lett. A 373, 4489 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

7 pagesm, 6 figures

Scientific paper

We investigate theoretically the spin-polarized electron transport for a wide-narrow-wide (WNW) quantum wire under the modulation of Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI). The influence of both the structure of the quantum wire and the interference between different pairs of subbands on the spin-polarized electron transport is taken into account simultaneously via the spin-resolved lattice Green function method. It is found that a very large vertical spin-polarized current can be generated by the SOI-induced effective magnetic field at the structure-induced Fano resonance even in the presence of strong disorder. Furthermore, the magnitude of the spin polarization can be tuned by both the Rashba SOI strength and structural parameters. Our results may provide an effective way to design a spin filter device without containing any magnetic materials or applying a magnetic field.

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