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Spin Hall Effect in a Symmetric Quantum Well by a Random Rashba Field
Physical Review B
  • C P Moca, University of Oradea
  • D C Marinescu, Clemson University
  • S Filip, University of Oradea
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-5-2008
Publisher
The American Physical Society
Abstract

Dopant ion concentrations in the sides of a symmetric quantum well are known to create a random Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling. Here, we demonstrate that, as a consequence, a finite size spin Hall effect is also present. Our numerical algorithm estimates the result of the Kubo formula for the spin Hall conductivity by using a tight-binding approximation of the Hamiltonian in the framework of a time-dependent Green’s function formalism well suited for very large systems.

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