Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1545274 | Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The spin accumulation in a single quantum dot (QD) ring is investigated in the presence of both a magnetic flux penetrating though it and the Rashba spin-orbital (RSO) interaction. The RSO interaction, which is assumed to exist only in the QD and other regions are free from it, induces a spin-dependent phase factor (spin precession) in the line-width function and thus making the spin-up and spin-down electrons have different interference effect when they are combined. We show that both the magnitude and the directions of the spin accumulation can be efficiently controlled by the co-action of the RSO effect, the magnetic flux, the bias voltage, etc. Moreover, one can fix the RSO-induced phase factor and switch on or off the spin accumulation in terms of the magnetic flux, which can act as a spin polarization switcher.
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Authors
Li-Li Gong, Jing-Lin Xiao,