{
  "id": "cond-mat/0507007",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2005-07-01T14:29:32.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-09-27T18:08:54.000Z",
  "title": "Spin-orbit coupling and spin transport",
  "authors": [
    "Emmanuel I. Rashba"
  ],
  "comment": "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",
  "doi": "10.1016/j.physe.2006.02.014",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "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.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2005-09-27T18:08:54.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "spin transport",
      "spin-orbit coupling",
      "external electric fields",
      "spin-precession wave vector",
      "electron spins"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "conference paper",
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}