Zero-Magnetic-Field Spin Splitting of Polaron＇s Ground State Energy Induced by Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction

We study theoretically the ground state energy of a polaron near the interface of a polar-polar semiconductor by considering the Rashba spin-orbit （SO） coupling with the Lee-Low-Pines intermediate coupling method. Our numerical results show that the Rashba SO interaction originating from the inversion asymmetry in the heterostructure splits the ground state energy of the polaron. The electron area/density and vector dependence of the ratio of the SO interaction to the total ground state energy or other energy composition are obvious. One can see that even without any external magnetic field, the ground state energy can be split by the Rashba SO interaction, and this split is not a single but a complex one. Since the presents of the phonons, whose energy gives negative contribution to the polaron＇s, the spin-splitting states of the polaron are more stable than electron＇s.     

Zero-Magnetic-Field Spin Splitting of Polaron‘s Ground State Energy Induced by Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction

We study theoretically the ground state energy of a polaron near the interface of a polar-polar semiconductor by considering the Rashba spin-orbit (SO) coupling with the Lee-Low-Pines intermediate coupling method. Our numerical results show that the Rashba SO interaction originating from the inversion asymmetry in the heterostructure splits the ground state energy of the polaron. The electron arealdensity and vector dependence of the ratio of the SO interaction to the total ground state energy or other energy composition are obvious. One can see that even without any external magnetic field, the ground state energy can be split by the Rashba SO interaction, and this split is not a single but a complex one. Since the presents of the phonons, whose energy gives negative contribution to the polaron‘s,the spin-splitting states of the polaron are more stable than electron‘s.     

Effective Mass of Strong-Coupling Bound Polaron in a Triangular Quantum Well Induced by Rashba Effect

In this paper, on the basis of Huybrechts＇ strong-coupling polaron model, the Tokuda modified linearcombination operator method and the unitary transformation method are used to study the properties of the strongcoupling bound polaron considering the influence of Rashba effect, which is brought by the spin-orbit （SO） interaction, in the semiconductor triangular quantum well （TQW）. Numerical calculation on the RbCI TQW, as the example, is performed. The expressions for the effective mass of the polaron as a function of the vibration frequency, the velocity, the Coulomb bound potential and the electron areal density are derived. Numerical results show that the total effective mass of the polaron is composed of three parts. The interactions between the orbit and the spin with different directions have different effects on the effective mass of the bound polaron.     

Effective Mass of Strong-Coupling Bound Polaron in a Triangular Quantum Well Induced by Rashba Effect

In this paper, on the basis of Huybrechts' strong-coupling polaron model, the Tokuda modified linear-combination operator method and the unitary transformation method are used to study the properties of the strong-coupling bound polaron considering the influence of Rashba effect, which is brought by the spin-orbit (SO) interaction, in the semiconductor triangular quantum well (TQW). Numerical calculation on the RbCl TQW, as the example, is performed. The expressions for the effective mass of the polaron as a function of the vibration frequency, the velocity, the Coulomb bound potential and the electron areal density are derived. Numerical results show that the total effective mass of the polaron is composed of three parts. The interactions between the orbit and the spin with different directions have different effects on the effective mass of the bound polaron.     

Rashba效应影响下三角量子阱中弱耦合极化子的有效质量(英文)

采用改进的线性组合算符和幺正变换相结合的方法,导出了三角量子阱中弱耦合极化子的有效质量。讨论了极化子速度、电声子耦合常数和电子面密度对极化子有效质量的影响。通过对GaAs材料的数值计算结果表明:因为电-声子耦合作用和Rashba效应的存在,发现弱耦合极化子的有效质量由两部分组成,而且弱耦合极化子的有效质量随电声子耦合常数、电子面密度和极化子速度都发生了分裂。     

Controllable Spin-Polarized Transport in a Three-Terminal Model

By means of the Keldysh Green's function method, we investigate the spin-polarized electron transport in a three-terminal device, which is composed of three normal metal leads and two serially-coupled quantum dots (QDs). The Rashba spin-orbit interaction (RSOI) is also considered in one of the QDs. We show that the spin-polarized charge current with arbitrary spin polarization can be obtained because of the quantum spin interference effect arising from the Rashba spin precession phase, and it can be modulated by the system parameters such as the applied external voltages, the RSOI strength, the QD levels, as well as the dot-lead coupling strengths. Moreover, a fully spin-polarized current or a pure spin current without any accompanying charge current can also be controlled to flow in the system. Our findings indicate that the proposed model can serve as an all-electrical spin device in spintronics field.     

磁场中束缚极化子的有效质量

研究磁场中束缚极化子有效质量的性质,采用改进的线性组合算符和变分法讨论了磁场中强、弱耦合极化子的振动频率和有效质量与磁场B和库仑势的关系。以RbCl晶体为例进行了数值计算,结果表明:强耦合束缚磁极化子的振动频率λ和有效质量m^*随磁场B的增加而增大。弱耦合磁极化子的振动频率λ也随磁场的增加而增加,并且发现由于库仑势的存在,使得强耦合束缚磁极化子的振动频率λ和有效质量m^*有所增大。弱耦合磁极化子的有效质量仅和耦合强度α有关。     

非对称量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质

采用线性组合算符和幺正变换方法研究了非对称量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质。导出了非对称量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的振动频率和基态能量随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度,库仑束缚势和电子-声子耦合强度的变化关系。通过数值计算,结果表明:非对称量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的振动频率和基态能量随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度的减小而迅速增大。     

Thermoelectric effects in spin field-effect transistors

We investigate the thermoelectric effects in a spin field-effect transistor with ferromagnetic leads held at different temperatures. The thermopower S and thermoelectric figure of merit ZT oscillate with the increase of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling strength. The oscillation amplitude of ZT decreases with increasing the spin polarization. S and ZT are strongly influenced by the interfacial barrier strength Z, exhibiting a nonmonotonous change with Z. The thermoelectric effects are also manipulated by the magnetization configuration of the ferromagnetic leads. It is expected that the present study of the thermoelectric effects is helpful in the design of thermoelectric devices.     

Spin splitter regime of a mesoscopic Rashba ring

Using the non-equilibrium Greens' function formalism we calculate the spin currents in a one-dimensional ring coupled to three leads and in the presence of perpendicular magnetic flux Φ and Rashba spin-orbit coupling. A finite bias is applied between the input lead and the other two output leads. We show that the spin-orbit coupling allows one to operate this system as a spin splitter, i.e. the output leads deliver spin-polarized currents with different orientations. We find that the spin splitter operation can be tuned at integer multiples of Φ/Φ₀. Its efficiency depends not only on the value of the Rashba coupling but also on the bias applied between the input and output leads. The selected spin orientation of the output leads can be reversed by a slight change of their contact position. We discuss as well the connection between the spin splitter operation and the spectral properties of the ring.     

磁场对非对称量子点中弱耦合极化子的相互作用能的影响

采用改进的线性组合算符和幺正变换相结合的方法,研究磁场、量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度和电子-声子耦合强度对非对称量子点中弱耦合磁极化子的振动频率和相互作用能的影响.导出了振动频率和相互作用能随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度、电子-声子耦合强度和磁场的回旋共振频率的变化关系.数值计算结果表明:振动频率和相互作用能随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度的减小而迅速增大,随磁场的回旋共振频率的增加而增大,相互作用能随电子-声子耦合强度的减小而呈线性的增大.     

Generation and manipulation of current-induced spin-orbit torques

An emerging field of spintronics, spin-orbitronics, aims to discover novel phenomena and functionalities originating from spin-orbit coupling in solid-state devices. The development of spin-orbitronics promises a fundamental understanding of spin physics in condensed matter, as well as smaller, faster, and far-more energy-efficient spin-based devices. Of particular importance in this field is current-induced spin-orbit torques, which trigger magnetic dynamics by the transfer of angular momentum from an atomic lattice to local magnetization through the spin-orbit coupling. The spin-orbit torque has attracted extensive attention for its fascinating relativistic and quantum mechanical nature, as well as prospective nanoelectronic applications. In this article, we review our studies on the generation and manipulation of current-induced spin-orbit torques.     

磁场对非对称量子点中束缚磁极化子性质的影响

采用线性组合算符和幺正变换方法研究磁场对非对称量子点中弱耦合束缚磁极化子性质的影响。导出量子点中弱耦合束缚磁极化子振动频率和基态能量随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度、库仑束缚势、磁场的回旋共振频率和电子-声子耦合强度的变化关系。数值计算结果表明:非对称量子点中弱耦合束缚磁极化子的振动频率和基态能量随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度的减小而迅速增大。振动频率随库仑束缚势和磁场的回旋共振频率的增加而增大。基态能量随库仑束缚势和电子-声子耦合强度的增加而减小。     

Bound polaron in a quantum pseudodot under Rashba effect

In the present work, the influence of Rashba effect on bound polaron in a quantum pseudodot is studied. Using the Lee–Low–Pines unitary transformation method and the Pekar type variational procedure, we have derived an expression for the bound polaron ground state energy. The ground state energy as functions of the wave vector, the electron–phonon coupling strength, and quantum confinement size is obtained by considering different Coulomb bound potentials. It is found that (i) the ground state energy is decreased with raising the Coulomb bound potential, the electron–phonon coupling strength, and quantum confinement size. (ii) The ground state energy increases when the wave vector is increasing. (iii) The ground state energy splits into two branches (spin-up and spin-down) due to the Rashba effect.     

Rashba自旋-轨道相互作用影响下量子盘中强耦合磁极化子性质的研究

本文基于Lee-Low-Pines幺正变换法,采用Tokuda改进的线性组合算符法研究了Rashba自旋-轨道相互作用效应下量子盘中强耦合磁极化子的性质.结果表明,磁极化子的相互作用能Eint的取值随量子盘横向受限强度ω0、外磁场的回旋频率ωc、电子-LO声子耦合强度α和量子盘厚度L的变化均与磁极化子的状态性质密切相关;磁极化子的平均声子数N随ωc,ω0和α的增加而增大,随L的增加而振荡减小;在Rashba自旋-轨道相互作用效应影响下磁极化子的有效质量将劈裂为m*+,m*-两种,它们随ωc,ω0和α的增加而增大,随L的增加而振荡减小;在研究量子盘中磁极化子问题时,电子-LO声子耦合和Rashba自旋-轨道相互作用效应的影响不可忽略,但Rashba自旋-轨道相互作用和极化子效应对磁极化子的影响只有在电子运动的速率较慢时显著.     

Effect of Rashba spin-orbit coupling on electron transport in asymmetrically coupled regular polygonal quantum ring

The effect of Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) on electron transport in asymmetrically coupled regular polygonal quantum ring is investigated. In absence of SOC, two kinds of conductance zeros appear periodically. In presence of SOC, one kind of conductance zero can be lifted by the Rashba SOC, the others persist.     

正多边形量子环自旋输运的严格解

研究了存在Rashba自旋轨道相互作用的正多边形量子环的自旋输运特性．采用量子网络的典型方法和Landauer-Büttiker电导公式,严格求解了电子通过正多边形量子环的散射问题,并得到了电导的解析表达式．通过数值计算和解析分析,进一步研究了量子环电导随电子波矢和自旋轨道相互作用强度变化的复杂形式,包括源于自旋轨道耦合相互作用的电导零点系列．特别地,还研究了正多边形环的边数趋近于无穷的极限情形,与直接采用圆环模型获得的结果完全一致． 关键词： Rashba自旋-轨道相互作用 量子网络 量子输运     

磁场对量子阱中弱耦合束缚极化子性质的影响

采用线性组合算符及幺正变换方法研究了磁场对量子阱中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质的影响。导出了量子阱中束缚极化子的基态能量与振动频率、库仑束缚势、磁场和阱宽之间的变化关系。同时也讨论了振动频率与库仑束缚势、磁场之间的变化关系。通过数值计算结果表明:量子阱中束缚极化子的基态能量因振动频率、库仑束缚势、磁场和阱宽的不同而不同,它随振动频率和磁场的增加而增大,随库仑束缚势和阱宽的增大而减小。量子阱中束缚磁极化子的基态能量与振动频率无关,随库仑束缚势和阱宽的增大而减小,随磁场的增大而增大。     

耦合强度和磁场对极化子基态的影响

利用线性组合算符和幺正变换相结合的方法,推导出极化子基态与耦合强度和磁场强度的关系。数值计算表明:当磁场强度给定时,随着耦合常数α的增加,振动频率λ先减小后增大;基态能量E₀单调下降;自陷能E_0tr单调增大;Landau能E_0L先增大,达到最大值后又下降。当耦合强度给定时,随着磁场强度的增大,λ单调增大,且α愈小,λ增加愈快;基态能量E₀随磁场强度的增大而增大;自陷能E_0tr随着磁场强度的增大而略有增加;Landau能E_0L随着磁场强度的增大先增大,达到最大值后,又开始下降。