Emmanuel I. Rashba
Published 2005-07-01, updated 2005-09-27Version 2
Recent achievements in semiconductor spintronics are discussed. Special attention is paid to spin-orbit interaction, coupling of electron spins to external electric fields, and spin transport in media with spin-orbit coupling, including the mechanisms of spin-Hall effect. Importance of spin-transport parameters at spin-precession wave vector $k_{\rm so}$ is emphasized, and existence of an universal relation between spin currents and spin accumulation at the spatial scale of $\ell_{\rm so}\approx k_{\rm so}^{-1}$ is conjectured.
Comments: Plenary paper at 16th International Conference on Electronic Properties of 2D Systems (Albuquerque, NM, July 10-15, 2005). Minor editorial changes, references updated. Accepted for Physica E
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