{
  "id": "cond-mat/0507528",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2005-07-22T16:08:47.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-10-04T14:27:18.000Z",
  "title": "Multiple Scattering Theory for Two-dimensional Electron Gases in the Presence of Spin-Orbit Coupling",
  "authors": [
    "Jamie D. Walls",
    "Jian Huang",
    "Robert M. Westervelt",
    "Eric J. Heller"
  ],
  "comment": "34 pages, 7 figures",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.73.035325",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.other"
  ],
  "abstract": "In order to model the phase-coherent scattering of electrons in two-dimensional electron gases in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling, a general partial-wave expansion is developed for scattering from a cylindrically symmetric potential. The theory is applied to possible electron flow imaging experiments using a moveable scanning probe microscope tip. In such experiments, it is demonstrated theoretically that the Rashba spin-orbit coupling can give rise to spin interference effects, even for unpolarized electrons at nonzero temperature and no magnetic field.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2005-10-04T14:27:18.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "two-dimensional electron gases",
      "multiple scattering theory",
      "scanning probe microscope tip",
      "rashba spin-orbit coupling",
      "electron flow imaging experiments"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. B"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 34,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}