Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8943649 | Physics Letters A | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Spin transport properties in a non-uniform quantum wire (QW) in the presence of both the Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings (SOCs) is investigated by using the non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method combined with the Landauer Büttiker formalism. It is found that such a non-uniform quantum wire exhibits considerable spin polarization in its conductance in the influence of both the Rashba and Dresselhaus SOCs, and that the two SOCs' strengths strongly affect both the magnitude and sign of the electron spin polarization. Interestingly, the Rashba and Dresselhaus SOCs play the same modulating role in the electron spin polarization. The proposed nanostructure can potentially be utilized to devise an all-electrical spintronic device.
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Authors
Zhonghui Xu, Weishuai Lv, Mansoor B.A. Jalil, Jinsong Huang, Yangwan Zhong, Yuguang Chen,