Correspondence between bulk equilibrium spin-currents and edge spin accumulation in wires with spin-orbit coupling
arXiv:1901.07890 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.214422
Abstract
We demonstrate that the interplay of Zeeman and spin-orbit coupling fields in a 1D wire leads to an equilibrium spin current that manifests itself in a spin accumulation at the wire ends with a polarization perpendicular to both fields. This is a universal property that occurs in the normal and superconducting state independently of the degree of disorder. We find that the edge spin polarization transverse to the Zeeman field is strongly enhanced in the superconducting state when the Zeeman energy is of the order of the superconducting gap. By calculating the space resolved magnetization response of the wire we demonstrate that the transverse component of the spin at the wire edges can be much larger than the one parallel to the field. This result generalizes the well established theory of the Knight-shift in superconductors to the case of finite systems.
arXiv comment5 pages, 4 figures
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