The Dirac paradox in 1+1 dimensions and its realization with spin-orbit coupled nanowires
arXiv:2109.07355 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ac6cfe
Abstract
At the interface between two massless Dirac models with opposite helicity a paradoxical situation arises: A transversally impinging electron can seemingly neither be transmitted nor reflected, due to the locking between spin and momentum. Here we investigate this paradox in one spatial dimension where, differently from higher dimensional realizations, electrons cannot leak along the interface. We show that models involving only massless Dirac modes lead to either no solutions or to trivial solutions to the paradox, depending on how the helicity change across the interface is modeled. However, non trivial scattering solutions to the paradox are shown to exist when additional massive Dirac modes are taken into account. Although these modes carry no current for energies within their gap, their interface coupling with the massless modes can induce a finite and tunable transmission. Finally, we show that such massless+massive Dirac model can be realized in suitably gated spin-orbit coupled nanowires exposed to an external Zeeman field, where the transmission coefficient can be controlled electrically.
arXiv comment17 pages, 8 figures
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