{
  "id": "0810.2892",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2008-10-16T12:57:25.000Z",
  "updated": "2008-10-16T12:57:25.000Z",
  "title": "Spin-dependent electron-impurity scattering in two-dimensional electron systems",
  "authors": [
    "A. Pályi",
    "J. Cserti"
  ],
  "comment": "4.1 pages, 2 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 78, 241304(R) (2008)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.78.241304",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.dis-nn"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a theoretical study of elastic spin-dependent electron scattering caused by a charged impurity in the vicinity of a two-dimensional electron gas. We find that the symmetry properties of the spin-dependent differential scattering cross section are different for an impurity located in the plane of the electron gas and for one at a finite distance from the plane. We show that in the latter case asymmetric (`skew') scattering can arise if the polarization of the incident electron has a finite projection on the plane spanned by the normal vector of the two-dimensional electron gas and the initial propagation direction. In specially preparated samples this scattering mechanism may give rise to a Hall-like effect in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2008-10-16T12:57:25.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "73.21.Fg",
      "71.70.Ej",
      "72.10.Fk",
      "03.65.Nk"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "two-dimensional electron systems",
      "spin-dependent electron-impurity scattering",
      "two-dimensional electron gas",
      "spin-dependent differential scattering cross section",
      "elastic spin-dependent electron"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2008,
      "month": "Dec",
      "volume": 78,
      "number": 24,
      "pages": 241304
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 1,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2008PhRvB..78x1304P"
    }
  }
}