{
  "id": "cond-mat/0211153",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2002-11-08T05:42:20.000Z",
  "updated": "2002-11-08T05:42:20.000Z",
  "title": "Diffuse transport and spin accumulation in a Rashba two-dimensional electron gas",
  "authors": [
    "Jun-ichiro Inoue",
    "Gerrit E. W. Bauer",
    "Laurens W. Molenkamp"
  ],
  "comment": "REVTeX4 format, 5 pages",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.67.033104",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "The Rashba Hamiltonian describes the splitting of the conduction band as a result of spin-orbit coupling in the presence of an asymmetric confinement potential and is commonly used to model the electronic structure of confined narrow-gap semiconductors. Due to the mixing of spin states some care has to be exercised in the calculation of transport properties. We derive the diffusive conductance tensor for a disordered two-dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit interaction and show that the applied bias induces a spin accumulation, but that the electric current is not spin-polarized.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2002-11-08T05:42:20.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "rashba two-dimensional electron gas",
      "spin accumulation",
      "diffuse transport",
      "asymmetric confinement potential",
      "disordered two-dimensional electron gas"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. B"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}