In-plane electric field effect on a spin-orbit coupled two-dimensional electron system in presence of magnetic field

Abstract

The effect of in-plane electric field on Landau level spacing, spin splitting energy, average spin polarization and average spin current in the bulk as well as at the edges of a two-dimensional electron system with Rashba spin-orbit coupling are presented here. The spin splitting energy for a particular magnetic field is found to be reduced by the external in-plane electric field. Unlike the case of a two-dimensional electron system without Rashba spin-orbit interaction, here the Landau level spacing is electric field dependent. This dependency becomes stronger at the edges in comparison to the bulk. The average spin polarization vector rotates anti-clockwise with the increase of electric field. The average spin current also gets influenced significantly by the application of the in-plane electric field.

7 pages, 8 figures

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