A pure spin-current injector of semiconductor quantum dots with Andreev reflection and Rashba spin-orbit coupling |
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Authors: | Ye Cheng-Zhi Nie Yi-Hang and Liang Jiu-Qing |
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Institution: | Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and School of Sciences, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, Shandong Province, China;Institute of Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China;Institute of Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China |
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Abstract: | We propose a four-terminal device consisting of two parallel quantum dots with Rashba spin-orbit interaction (RSOI), coupled to two side superconductor leads and two common ferromagnetic leads, respectively. The two ferromagnetic leads and two quantum dots form a ring threaded by Aharonov-Bohm (AB) flux. This device possesses normal quasiparticle transmission between the two ferromagnetic leads, and normal and crossed Andreev reflections providing conductive holes. For the appropriate spin polarization of the ferromagnetic leads, RSOI and AB flux, the pure spin-up (or spin-down) current without net charge current in the right lead, which is due to the equal numbers of electrons and holes with the same spin-polarization moving along the same direction, can be obtained by adjusting the gate voltage, which may be used in practice as a pure spin-current injector. |
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Keywords: | Rashba spin-orbit coupling Andreev reflection pure spin current without net charge current |
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