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Magnetizing weak links by time-dependent spin-orbit interactions: momentum conserving and non-conserving processes
Debashree Chowdhury, O. Entin-Wohlman, A. Aharony +2
Rashba spin-orbit interactions generated by time-dependent electric fields acting on weak links (that couple together non-magnetic macroscopic leads) can magnetize the junction. Th…
Magnetoconductance Anisotropies and Aharonov-Casher Phases
R. I. Shekhter, O. Entin-Wohlman, M. Jonson +1
The spin-orbit interaction is a key tool for manipulating and functionalizing spin-dependent electron transport. However, the precise value of the spin-orbit coupling constant is h…
Magnetization generated by microwave-induced Rashba interaction
O. Entin-Wohlman, R. I. Shekhter, M. Jonson +1
We show that a controllable dc magnetization is accumulated in a junction comprising a quantum dot coupled to non-magnetic reservoirs if the junction is subjected to a time-depende…
Effects of magnetic fields on the Datta-Das spin field-effect transistor
K. Sarkar, A. Aharony, O. Entin-Wohlman +2
A Datta-Das spin field-effect transistor is built of a heterostructure with a Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) at the interface (or quantum well) separating two possibly magneti…
Spin-Polaronic Effects in Electric Shuttling in a Single Molecule Transistor with Magnetic Leads
Olya A. Ilinskaya, Danko Radic, Hee Chul Park +3
Current-voltage characteristics of a spintromechanical device, in which spin-polarized electrons tunnel between magnetic leads with anti-parallel magnetization through a single lev…
Photovoltaic effect generated by spin-orbit interactions
O. Entin-Wohlman, R. I. Shekhter, M. Jonson +1
An AC electric field applied to a junction comprising two spin-orbit coupled weak links connecting a quantum dot to two electronic terminals is proposed to induce a DC current and…
DC spin generation by junctions with AC driven spin-orbit interaction
M. Jonson, R. I. Shekhter, O. Entin-Wohlman +3
An unbiased one-dimensional weak link between two terminals, subjected to the Rashba spin-orbit interaction caused by an AC electric field which rotates periodically in the plane p…
Coulomb-promoted spintromechanics in magnetic shuttle devices
Olya A. Ilinskaya, Danko Radic, Hee Chul Park +3
Exchange forces on the movable dot ("shuttle") in a magnetic shuttle device depend on the parity of the number of shuttling electrons. The performance of such a device can therefor…
Effects of different lead magnetizations on the Datta-Das spin field-effect transistor
A. Aharony, O. Entin-Wohlman, K. Sarkar +2
A Datta-Das spin field effect transistor is built of a one-dimensional weak link, with Rashba spin orbit interactions (SOI), which connects two magnetized reservoirs. The particle…
Mechanically Induced Thermal Breakdown in Magnetic Shuttle Structures
O. A. Ilinskaya, S. I. Kulinich, I. V. Krive +3
A theory of a thermally induced single-electron "shuttling" instability in a magnetic nanomechanical device subject to an external magnetic field is presented in the Coulomb blocka…
Electric and Magnetic Gating of Rashba-Active Weak Links
A. Aharony, O. Entin-Wohlman, M. Jonson +1
In a one-dimensional weak-link wire the spin-orbit interaction (SOI) alone cannot generate a nonzero spin current. We show that a Zeeman field acting in the wire in conjunction wit…
Rashba proximity states in superconducting tunnel junctions
O. Entin-Wohlman, R. I. Shekhter, M. Jonson +1
We consider a new kind of superconducting proximity effect created by the tunneling of "spin split" Cooper pairs between two conventional superconductors connected by a normal cond…
Spin precession in spin-orbit coupled weak links: Coulomb repulsion and Pauli quenching
R. I. Shekhter. O. Entin-Wohlman, M. Jonson, A. Aharony
A simple model for the transmission of pairs of electrons through a weak electric link in the form of a nanowire made of a material with strong electron spin-orbit interaction (SOI…
Photo-spintronics of spin-orbit active electric weak links
R. I. Shekhter, O. Entin-Wohlman, M. Jonson +1
We show that a carbon nanotube can serve as a functional electric weak link performing photo-spintronic transduction. A spin current, facilitated by strong spin-orbit interactions…
Rashba spin-splitting of single electrons and Cooper pairs
R. I. Shekhter, O. Entin-Wohlman, M. Jonson +1
Electric weak links, the term used for those parts of an electrical circuit that provide most of the resistance against the flow of an electrical current, are important elements of…
Rashba splitting of Cooper pairs
R. I. Shekhter, O. Entin-Wohlman, M. Jonson +1
We investigate theoretically the properties of a weak link between two superconducting leads, which has the form of a non-superconducting nanowire with a strong Rashba spin-orbit c…
Spin-mediated photomechanical coupling of a nanoelectromechanical shuttle
A. V. Parafilo, S. I. Kulinich, L. Y. Gorelik +3
We show that nano-mechanical vibrations in a magnetic shuttle device can be strongly affected by external microwave irradiation through photo-assisted electronic spin-flip transiti…
Spin Gating of Mesoscopic Devices
R. I. Shekhter, M. Jonson
Inefficient screening of electric fields in nanoconductors makes electric manipulation of electronic transport in nanodevices possible. Accordingly, electrostatic (charge) gating i…
Shuttling of Spin Polarized Electrons in Molecular Transistors
O. A. Ilinskaya, S. I. Kulinich, I. V. Krive +3
Shuttling of electrons in single-molecule transistors with magnetic leads in the presence of an external magnetic field is considered theoretically. For a current of partially spin…
Nanoelectromechanics of shuttle devices
R. I. Shekhter, L. Y. Gorelik, I. V. Krive +3
A single-electron tunneling (SET) device with a nanoscale central island that can move with respect to the bulk source- and drain electrodes allows for a nanoelectromechanical (NEM…
Magnetopolaronic effects in electron transport through a single-level vibrating quantum dot
G. A. Skorobagatko, S. I. Kulinich, I. V. Krive +2
Magneto-polaronic effects are considered in electron transport through a single-level vibrating quantum dot subjected to a transverse (to the current flow) magnetic field. It is sh…
Spintromechanics of a Magnetic Nanoshuttle
Robert I. Shekhter, Artem Pulkin, Mats Jonson
We investigate theoretically the prospects for using a magnetic nanoelectromechanical single-electron tunneling (NEM-SET) device as an electronic spin filter. We find that strong m…
Umklapp-Assisted Electron Transport Oscillations in Metal Superlattices
S. I. Kulinich, L. Y. Gorelik, S. A. Gredeskul +2
We consider a superlattice of parallel metal tunnel junctions with a spatially non-homogeneous probability for electrons to tunnel. In such structures tunneling can be accompanied…
Suppression of stochastic fluctuations of suspended nanowires by temperature-induced single-electron tunnelling
F. Santandrea, L. Y. Gorelik, R. I. Shekhter +1
We investigate theoretically the electromechanical properties of freely suspended nanowires that are in tunnelling contact with the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) an…