Mesoscopic Stern-Gerlach spin filter by nonuniform spin-orbit interaction
arXiv:cond-mat/0409161 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.72.041308
Abstract
A novel spin filtering in two-dimensional electron system with nonuniform spin-orbit interactions (SOI) is theoretically studied. The strength of SOI is modulated perpendicular to the charge current. A spatial gradient of effective magnetic field due to the nonuniform SOI causes the Stern-Gerlach type spin separation. The direction of the polarization is perpendicular to the current and parallel to the spatial gradient. Almost 100 % spin polarization can be realized even without applying any external magnetic fields and without attaching ferromagnetic contacts. The spin polarization persists even in the presence of randomness.
6 pages, 5 figures (2 color figures), to appear in Phys. Rev. B, Rapid Commun
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