Enhanced spin Hall effect in strong magnetic disorder

Abstract

We consider a two-dimensional electron gas in an inversion asymmetric layer and in the presence of spatially distributed magnetic impurities. We investigate the relationship between the geometrical properties of the wave-function and the system's spin dependent transport properties. A localization transition, arising when disorder is increased, is exhibited by the appearance of a fractal state with finite inverse participation ratio. Below the transition, interference effects modify the carrier's diffusion, as revealed by the dependence on the scattering time of the power law exponents characterizing the spreading of a wave packet. Above the transition, in the strong disorder regime, we find that the states are spin polarized and localized around the impurities. A significant enhancement of the spin current develops in this regime.

12 pages, 10 figures

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