Spin polarizations and spin Hall currents in a two-dimensional electron gas with magnetic impurities

Abstract

We consider a two-dimensional electron gas in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling, and study the effects of magnetic s-wave impurities and long-range non-magnetic disorder on the spin-charge dynamics of the system. We focus on voltage induced spin polarizations and their relation to spin Hall currents. Our results are obtained using the quasiclassical Green function technique, and hold in the full range of the disorder parameter $\alpha p_F\tau$.

5 pages, 2 figures. References added, minor stylistic modifications

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• Dissipationless Quantum Spin Current at Room Temperature
• Spin current and polarization in impure 2D electron systems with spin-orbit coupling
• Current induced electron spin polarization in strained semiconductors
• Spin-Hall effect in a disordered 2D electron-system