Spin-Hall Effect in A Symmetric Quantum Wells by A Random Rashba Field
arXiv:0805.0678 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.193302
Abstract
Changes dopant ion concentrations in the sides of a symmetric quantum well are known to create a random Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling. Here we demonstrate that, as a consequence, a finite size spin-Hall effect is also present. Our numerical algorithm estimates the result of the Kubo formula for the spin-Hall conductivity, by using a tight-binding approximation of the Hamiltonian in the framework of a time-dependent Green's function formalism, well suited for very large systems.
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