Wave-particle duality of electrons with spin-momentum locking
arXiv:2007.01021 · doi:10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00837-3
Abstract
We investigate the effects of spin-momentum locking on the interference and diffraction patterns due to a double- or single-slit in an electronic \emph{Gedankenexperiment}. We show that the inclusion of the spin-degree-of-freedom, when coupled to the motion direction of the carrier -- a typical situation that occurs in systems with spin-orbit interaction -- leads to a modification of the interference and diffraction patterns that depend on the geometrical parameters of the system.
10 pages and 8 figures
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