Interplay between friction and spin-orbit coupling as a source of spin polarization

Abstract

We study an effective one-dimensional quantum model that includes friction and spin-orbit coupling (SOC), and show that the model exhibits spin polarization when both terms are finite. Most important, strong spin polarization can be observed even for moderate SOC, provided that friction is strong. Our findings might help to explain the pronounced effect of chirality on spin distribution and transport in chiral molecules. In particular, our model implies static magnetic properties of a chiral molecule, which lead to Shiba-like states when a molecule is placed on a superconductor, in accordance with recent experimental data.

arXiv commentVersion accepted for publication in Physical Review B

References in corpus (19)

• Spin-Selective Transport of Electron in DNA Double Helix
• Spin selective transport through helical molecular systems
• Effect of the spin-orbit interaction on the band structure and conductance of quasi-one-dimensional systems
• Chirality driven topological electronic structure of DNA-like materials
• Chirality Induced Spin Selectivity -- The Role of Electron Correlations
• Spin-dependent transport through a chiral molecule in the presence of spin-orbit interaction and non-unitary effects
• Chiral molecular films as electron polarizers and polarization modulators
• Induced spin filtering in electron transmission through chiral molecular layers adsorbed on metals with strong spin-orbit coupling
• Charge Redistribution and Spin Polarization Driven by Correlation Induced Electron Exchange in Chiral Molecules
• Spin-Dependent Electron Transmission Model for Chiral Molecules in Mesoscopic Devices
• Vibration-Enhanced Spin-Selective Transport of Electrons in DNA Double Helix
• Quantum mechanics of a spin-orbit coupled electron constrained to a space curve
• An analytic model of chiral-induced spin selectivity
• Magnetic-Related States and Order Parameter Induced in a Conventional Superconductor by Nonmagnetic Chiral Molecules
• Spin selectivity through time-reversal symmetric helical junctions
• Unconventional superconductivity induced in Nb films by adsorbed chiral molecules
• Fragility of Time-Reversal Symmetry Protected Topological Phases
• Filtering Spins by Scattering from a Lattice of Point Magnets
• Universal Spin Dynamics in Quantum Wires

Cited by in corpus (15)

• Interplay of Structural Chirality, Electron Spin and Topological Orbital in Chiral Molecular Spin Valves
• Structural Chirality and Electronic Chirality in Quantum Materials
• Charge and Spin Dynamics and Enantioselectivity in Chiral Molecules
• The Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity Effect -- What It Is, What It Is Not, And Why It Matters
• Chiral induced Spin Polarized Electron Current: Origin of the Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity Effect
• Unconventional Meissner screening induced by chiral molecules in a conventional superconductor
• Giant chirality-induced spin polarization in twisted transition metal dichalcogenides
• Achiral dipoles on a ferromagnet can affect its magnetization direction
• Dissipative dynamics of an impurity with spin-orbit coupling
• Mind the Gap: From Resolving Theoretical Foundations of Chiral(ity)-Induced Spin Selectivity to Pioneering Implementations in Quantum Sensing
• Breaking of Time-Reversal Symmetry and Onsager Reciprocity in Chiral Molecule Interfacd with an Environment
• Quantum transport in the presence of a chiral molecular potential
• The temperature-dependent chiral-induced spin selectivity effect: Experiments and theory
• Weak Electron-Phonon Coupling Is Insufficient to Generate Significant CISS in Two-Terminal Transport
• Classical 'spin' filtering with two degrees of freedom and dissipation