Spin cloud induced around an elastic scatterer by the intrinsic spin-Hall effect

Abstract

Similar to the Landauer electric dipole created around an impurity by the electric current, a spin polarized cloud of electrons can be induced by the intrinsic spin-Hall effect near a spin independent elastic scatterer. It is shown that in the ballistic range around the impurity, such a cloud appears in the case of Rashba spin-orbit interaction, even though the bulk spin-Hall current is absent.

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• Spin current and polarization in impure 2D electron systems with spin-orbit coupling
• Can Non-Equilibrium Spin Hall Accumulation be Induced in Ballistic Nanostructures?
• Spin-Hall effect in a disordered 2D electron-system
• Intrinsic Spin Hall Edges

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