{
  "id": "cond-mat/0502455",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2005-02-18T14:05:04.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-08-04T10:22:36.000Z",
  "title": "Rashba effect in quantum networks",
  "authors": [
    "Dario Bercioux",
    "Michele Governale",
    "Vittorio Cataudella",
    "Vincenzo Marigliano Ramaglia"
  ],
  "comment": "8 pages and 6 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 72, 075305 (2005)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.72.075305",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a formalism to study quantum networks made up by single-channel quantum wires in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field. In particular, linear transport through one-dimensional and two-dimensional finite-size networks is studied by means of the scattering formalism. In some particular quantum networks, the action of the magnetic field or of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling induces localization of the electron wave function. This phenomenon, which relies on both the quantum-mechanical interference and the geometry of the network, is manifested through the suppression of the conductance for specific values of the spin-orbit-coupling strength or of the magnetic field. Furthermore, the interplay of the Aharonov-Bohm phases and of the non-Abelian phases introduced by spin-orbit coupling, is discussed in a number of cases.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2005-08-04T10:22:36.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "rashba effect",
      "magnetic field",
      "rashba spin-orbit coupling induces localization",
      "single-channel quantum wires",
      "study quantum networks"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. B"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}