Spin transport in non-inertial frame

Debashree Chowdhury, B. Basu

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Abstract

The influence of acceleration and rotation on spintronic applications is theoretically investigated. In our formulation, considering a Dirac particle in a non-inertial frame, different spin related aspects are studied. The spin current appearing due to the inertial spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is enhanced by the interband mixing of the conduction and valence band states. Importantly, one can achieve a large spin current through the k→.p→ method in this non-inertial frame. Furthermore, apart from the inertial SOC term due to acceleration, for a particular choice of the rotation frequency, a new kind of SOC term can be obtained from the spin rotation coupling (SRC). This new kind of SOC is of Dresselhaus type and controllable through the rotation frequency. In the field of spintronic applications, utilizing the inertial SOC and SRC induced SOC term, theoretical proposals for the inertial spin filter, inertial spin galvanic effect are demonstrated. Finally, one can tune the spin relaxation time in semiconductors by tuning the non-inertial parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)155-161
Number of pages7
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume448
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Inertial spin orbit coupling
  • Spin Galvanic effect
  • Spin current
  • Spin filter
  • Spin relaxation time

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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