{
  "id": "cond-mat/0409038",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "2004-09-01T23:35:48.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-01-08T01:54:44.000Z",
  "title": "Spin-Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Electron Systems with Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling and Disorder",
  "authors": [
    "L. Sheng",
    "D. N. Sheng",
    "C. S. Ting"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 4 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 016602 (2005)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.016602",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "Using the four-terminal Landauer-B\\\"{u}ttiker formula and Green's function approach, we calculate numerically the spin-Hall conductance in a two-dimensional junction system with the Rashba spin-orbit (SO) coupling and disorder. We find that the spin-Hall conductance can be much greater or smaller than the universal value $e/8\\pi$, depending on the magnitude of the SO coupling, the electron Fermi energy and the disorder strength. The spin-Hall conductance does not vanish with increasing sample size for a wide range of disorder strength. Our numerical calculation reveals that a nonzero SO coupling can induce electron delocalization for disorder strength smaller than a critical value, and the nonvanishing spin-Hall effect appears mainly in the metallic regime.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "2005-01-08T01:54:44.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "two-dimensional electron systems",
      "rashba spin-orbit coupling",
      "spin-hall conductance",
      "two-dimensional junction system",
      "nonvanishing spin-hall effect appears"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}