Rashba spin-orbit-interaction-based quantum pump in graphene
arXiv:1204.5008 · doi:10.1063/1.4753975
Abstract
We present a proposal for an adiabatic quantum pump based on a graphene monolayer patterned by electrostatic gates and operated in the low-energy Dirac regime. The setup under investigation works in the presence of inhomogeneous spin-orbit interactions of intrinsic- and Rashba-type and allows to generate spin polarized coherent current. A local spin polarized current is induced by the pumping mechanism assisted by the spin-double refraction phenomenon.
to appear in Appl. Phys. Lett. (2012)
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