Filtering spin with tunnel-coupled electron wave guides -: art. no. 140403

被引:80
作者
Governale, M [1 ]
Boese, D [1 ]
Zülicke, U [1 ]
Schroll, C [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Karlsruhe, Inst Theoret Festkorperphys, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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10.1103/PhysRevB.65.140403
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We show how momentum-resolved tunneling between parallel electron wave guides can be used to observe and exploit lifting of spin degeneracy due to Rashba spin-orbit coupling. A device is proposed that achieves spin filtering without using ferromagnets or the Zeeman effect.
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页码:1404031 / 1404034
页数:4
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