Filtering spin with tunnel-coupled electron wave guides

Preprint

28 January 2002

preprint
Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0108373

Abstract

We show how momentum-resolved tunneling between parallel electron wave guides can be used to observe and exploit lifting of spin degeneracy due to Rashba spin-orbit coupling. A device is proposed that achieves spin filtering without using ferromagnets or the Zeeman effect.

Keywords

ELECTRON WAVE GUIDES
COUPLED ELECTRON
TUNNEL COUPLED
FILTERING SPIN
FERROMAGNETS
TUNNELING
COUPLING

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Published version: Physical Review B, 65 (14), 140403.

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