scholarly journals Enhancement of Rashba spin–orbit coupling by electron–electron interaction

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (82) ◽  
pp. 78714-78719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rouhollah Farghadan ◽  
Ali Sehat

We studied how the electron–electron interaction enhances the strength of the Rashba spin–orbit coupling and opens the possibility of generating a spin-polarized output current from an unpolarized electric current without any magnetic elements.

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (32) ◽  
pp. 2461-2468
Author(s):  
S. PANDA ◽  
B. K. PANDA

The polaronic corrections to the electron energy and effective mass are calculated taking the Rashba spin-orbit coupling in the compositionally asymmetric single quantum well based on heterostructures of narrow gap semiconductors InGaAs and InAs . The electron interaction with the confined longitudinal optic phonon is considered in the Fröhlich form for calculating the polaron properties. In the weak coupling limit, the polaron properties are enhanced by the Rashba spin-orbit coupling in the asymmetric quantum well.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (02) ◽  
pp. 1450266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Jiang ◽  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Xuening Hu ◽  
Guichao Hu ◽  
Shijie Xie

The spin polarization of polarons in quasi-1D organic materials has been investigated by using the extended Su–Schrieffer–Heeger (SSH) model with spin-orbit coupling. Results show that the polaron is partly spin polarized, and that the electron–electron interaction and spin-orbit coupling compete with each other during the formation of spin polarization. The dependence of spin polarization on electron–phonon coupling is also revealed. Our results demonstrate that spin polarization is well correlated with polaron localization, thus providing useful guidance for exploring magnetic effects in organic materials.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabían Gonzalo Medina ◽  
Dunkan Martínez ◽  
Alvaro Díaz-Fernández ◽  
Francisco Domínguez-Adame ◽  
Luis Rosales ◽  
...  

Abstract The quest for Majorana zero modes in the laboratory is an active field of research in condensed matter physics. In this regard, there have been many theoretical proposals; however, their experimental detection remains elusive. In this article, we present a realistic setting by considering a quantum ring with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and threaded by a magnetic flux, in contact with a topological superconducting nanowire. We focus on spin-polarized persistent currents to assess the existence of Majorana zero modes. We find that the Rashba spin-orbit coupling allows for tuning the position of the zero modes and has sizable effects on spin-polarized persistent currents. Our results pave the way towards probing the existence of Majorana zero modes.


2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (14) ◽  
pp. 145501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nezhat Pournaghavi ◽  
Mahdi Esmaeilzadeh ◽  
Adib Abrishamifar ◽  
Somaieh Ahmadi

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