Spin transverse force and quantum transverse transport
arXiv:cond-mat/0703196 · doi:10.1142/S0217979208046074
Abstract
We present a brief review on spin transverse force, which exerts on the spin as the electron is moving in an electric field. This force, analogue to the Lorentz force on electron charge, is perpendicular to the electric field and spin current carried by the electron. The force stems from the spin-orbit coupling of electrons as a relativistic quantum effect, and could be used to understand the Zitterbewegung of electron wave packet and the quantum transverse transport of electron in a heuristic way.
4 pages, manuscript of invited talk on IAS Workshop on Spintronics at Nanyang Techological University, Singapore, 2006
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