{
  "id": "cond-mat/0611086",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2006-11-03T12:19:44.000Z",
  "updated": "2007-10-26T23:00:31.000Z",
  "title": "Spin transport in mesoscopic rings with inhomogeneous spin-orbit coupling",
  "authors": [
    "Yaroslav Tserkovnyak",
    "Arne Brataas"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 2 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 76 (2007) 155326",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.76.155326",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We revisit the problem of electron transport through mesoscopic rings with spin-orbit (SO) interaction. In the well-known path-integral approach, the scattering states for a quasi-1D ring with quasi-1D leads can be expressed in terms of spinless electrons subject to a fictitious magnetic flux. We show that spin-dependent quantum-interference effects in small rings are strongest for spatially inhomogeneous SO interactions, in which case spin currents can be controlled by a small external magnetic field. Mesoscopic spin Hall effects in four-terminal rings can also be understood in terms of the fictitious magnetic flux.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2007-10-26T23:00:31.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "mesoscopic rings",
      "inhomogeneous spin-orbit coupling",
      "spin transport",
      "fictitious magnetic flux",
      "mesoscopic spin hall effects"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. B"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}