Pure spin current from one-photon absorption of linearly polarized light in noncentrosymmetric semiconductors

Abstract

We show that one-photon absorption of linearly polarized light should produce pure spin currents in noncentrosymmetric semiconductors, including even bulk GaAs. We present 14x14 k.p model calculations of the effect in GaAs, including strain, and pseudopotential calculations of the effect in wurtzite CdSe.

Version 2 (5 pages, 2 figures) uses semiconductor optical Bloch equations. Version 1 (10 preprint pages, 2 figures) uses a rate equation approach. Both versions give the same results. Version 2 will appear in Phys. Rev. Lett

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